- Date
- February 19, 1964
- Place
- Ft Sill, OK · FT SILL, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7318PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0401 64/2/19 FT SILL OKLA PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1600 N7318P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 24, 4426 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT GEAR DOOR HINGE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7318P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7318PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7318P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.