- Date
- February 5, 1977
- Place
- Ely, NV · ELY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5689YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770205002239A
- Case key
- 156860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0116 77/2/5 ELY,NV PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3515 TIME - 1220 N5689Y PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 568 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YELLAND FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- SCISSORS BOLT SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5689Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yelland Field
N5689YRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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