- Date
- July 17, 1964
- Place
- Clear, AK · CLEAR, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6815KPiper PA16
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2101 64/7/17 CLEAR ALAS PIPER PA16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 233 TIME - 0905 N6815K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEAR AFS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- LEFT FRONT LANDING GEAR ATTACH FITTING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6815K
- Reported as
- Piper PA16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clear Afs
N6815KRegistration cancelled May 23, 2020 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N6815K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.