- Date
- January 13, 1965
- Place
- Wilkesboro, NC · WILKESBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3044PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0196 65/1/13 WILKESBORO NC PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1256 N3044P PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 40, 16000 TOTAL HOURS, 80 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LOWER NOSE WHEEL DRAG LINK FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3044P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkes County