- Date
- August 20, 1981
- Place
- Mt Pleasant, PA · MT PLEASANT, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98472Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810820052889A
- Case key
- 124643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2029 81/8/20 MT PLEASANT,PA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1400 N98472 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 1750 TOTAL HOURS, 78 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT PLEASANT-SCOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT PLEASANT,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- LNDG GEAR STRUT FAILED WHERE IT HAD BEEN WELDED TO REPAIR A CRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98472
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Pleasant-Scott
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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.