- Date
- January 27, 1972
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6118LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0402 72/1/27 WEST MIFFLIN,PA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1150 N6118L PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 41, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 230 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLIANCE,OHIO WEST MIFFLIN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- CTL ROD BCM DISCONNECTED FM SLCTR VALVE CTL ARM DUE COTTER PIN COMING OUT.UN TO LOWER GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6118L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny Co