- Date
- March 10, 1973
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4886TPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730310004779A
- Case key
- 163213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0565 73/3/10 DANBURY,CONN PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 2041 TIME - 1645 N4886T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSFIELD,MASS DANBURY,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L MAIN GR AFT WEB-FALSE SPAR OTBD RIVETS 67079-00 BKN LOOSE.PIPER BUL 369 CVRS.NOT C/W THIS ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4886T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.