- Date
- March 8, 1976
- Place
- Warwick, RI · WARWICK, RI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2277PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760308004519A
- Case key
- 152972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0723 76/3/8 WARWICK,RI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1626 TIME - 1720 N2277P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - T F GREEN STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SENECA FALLS,NY WARWICK,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- COIL SPRING, P/N 81411-02, ON HYD ANTI RETRACTION VALVE ASSEMBLY BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2277P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- T F Green State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2277P · 1
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