- Date
- July 24, 1974
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4809TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740724028169A
- Case key
- 138652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3740 74/7/24 PITTSBURGH,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N4809T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 410 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 37 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,PA PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L GR TRUSS ASSY P/N67544-00.PLT RQSTD TO EXPEDITE TURNOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4809T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
N4809TRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.
Other investigations on N4809T · 2
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