# NTSB UNK64X2697: Piper PA23, N3479P, Ocean City, MD, July 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 7, 1964
- Place: Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Location: 38.4107° N, 75.0714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean City, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4107&lon=-75.0714&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2697
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2697

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3479P-1993-01-04), registration cancelled 1993-01-04, S/N 231453 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ocean City

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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