- Date
- January 11, 1965
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7178YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0049 65/1/11 READING PA PIPER PA30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3000 TIME - 1635 N7178Y PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN SPAATS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF RIGT MAIN GEAR HOUSING P/N 20752-09
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7178Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gen Spaats Field
N7178YRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N7178Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW99FA222Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportHoldenville, OKthe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff initial climb. Factors were the loss of right engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the make and model of aircraft.NTSB UNK65X0119Accident · No injuriesClosedReading, PA