- Date
- December 8, 1968
- Place
- Warrington, PA · WARRINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4738ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4186 68/12/8 WARRINGTON,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0950 N4738Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 1067 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 223 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARRINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- MUD SCRAPER BROKE LOOSE,JAMMED FORK CAUSED WHEEL TO LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4738Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warrington
N4738ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N4738Z · 2
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