- Date
- March 2, 1975
- Place
- Lincoln, RI · LINCOLN, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40245Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750302003979A
- Case key
- 147864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0458 75/3/2 LINCOLN,RI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N40245 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 844 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 47 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH CENTRAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,RI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- NOSE GR LWR L DRAG LINK DISCONNECTED.ATTACH BOLT P/N 400758 WORN,COTTER PIN BKN,NUT NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40245
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Central
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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.