- Date
- July 23, 1975
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8SWPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750723028189A
- Case key
- 150154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2386 75/7/23 REDDING,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1040 TIME - 0936 N8SW PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDDING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CA SUSANVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- R MAIN & NOSE GRS COLLAPSED FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8SW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redding Muni
N8SWRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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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.