- Date
- February 9, 1974
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7648YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740209004389A
- Case key
- 186856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0479 74/2/9 ELKO,NEV PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4564 TIME - 1502 N7648Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CABLES STRETCHED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7648Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elko
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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.