- Date
- March 22, 1973
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6900YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730322005229A
- Case key
- 169838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0468 73/3/22 NORWOOD,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1827 TIME - 0936 N6900Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACONIA,NH NORWOOD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- COMPRESSION BEND IN NOSE GR LOCK LINK ASSY,P/N 16667-00,CRUSHING IT AGAINST NOSE GR DRAG LINK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6900Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood
N6900YRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2020 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.