# NTSB UNK65X1283: Piper PA23, N3044P, Wilkesboro, NC, January 13, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 13, 1965
- Place: Wilkesboro, NC · WILKESBORO, NC
- Location: 36.1424° N, 81.1770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilkesboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1424&lon=-81.1770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180111
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1283
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1283

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0196  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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wilkes County

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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