- Date
- June 28, 1976
- Place
- Jeanette, PA · JEANETTE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42574Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760628017669A
- Case key
- 154497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1673 76/6/28 JEANETTE,PA PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 16900 TIME - 1945 N42574 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOQUET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEANETTE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ONE BRAKE BLOCK MISSING IN L WHEEL ASSEMBLY TAILWHEEL SPRING DISCONNECTED.WIRE SUB FOR CLIPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42574
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boquet
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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.