- Date
- August 10, 1981
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N666HLPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810810048369A
- Case key
- 124085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2726 81/8/10 NR.WENATCHEE,WA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2135 N666HL PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 28, 3695 TOTAL HOURS, 677 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGBORN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCO,WA WENATCHEE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP REMARKS- FATIGUE OF R MG TRUNNION,P/N67926-09,INITIATED FRM GOUGES APPARENTLY FORMED DRG GRINDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666HL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pangborn Field
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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 N666HL · 1
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