- Date
- July 7, 1964
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3479PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1976 64/7/7 OCEAN CITY MD PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N3479P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 46, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT GEAR DRAG LINK FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3479P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean City
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