- Date
- February 24, 1970
- Place
- Wappinger Fals, NY · WAPPINGER FALS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8555YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 70/2/24 WAPPINGER FALS,NY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N8555Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 2860 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY WAPPINGER FALS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R LDG GR CASTERING BACK AND FORTH ON LDG DUE TO MISSING NUT/COTTER KEY IN TORQUE LINK SCISSOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8555Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dutchess County
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