- Date
- May 9, 1975
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6370PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750509010659A
- Case key
- 148560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0938 75/5/9 PORTERVILLE,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N6370P PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 67, 5348 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1504 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- L GR DOOR HINGE FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6370P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville
N6370PRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6370P · 1
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