- Date
- October 12, 1964
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7270PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3257 64/10/12 PENSACOLA FLA PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N7270P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 6040 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 880 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENSACOLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD ADJUSTED TOO LONG. GEAR MOTOR COUPLING SEGMENT BROKEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7270P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pensacola