- Date
- December 30, 1966
- Place
- Coraopolis, PA · CORAOPOLIS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5276PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119409
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4324 66/12/30 CORAOPOLIS PA. PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 624 TIME - 1630 N5276P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSEGEAR STRUT BUSHINGS,AND BRACKET ASSEMBLY WORN EXCESSIVELY.ACFT FLOWN 4.5 HRS SINCE ANNUAL INSP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5276P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
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