- Date
- November 8, 1974
- Place
- Fort Ord, CA · FORT ORD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5169PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741108037279A
- Case key
- 144895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4222 74/11/8 FORT ORD,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2057 N5169P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 38, 3710 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRITZSCHE AAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT ORD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART REMARKS- WRONG NOSE GR FORWARD SHIMMY DAMPENER BRACKET BOLT INSTALLED.TOO LONG,STRIKING UPPER STRUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5169P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fritzsche Aaf
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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.
Other investigations on N5169P · 1
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