Piper PA-23 N1094P

24 October 1966 · Sterling Colo, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 October 1966 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N1094P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sterling Colo, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 October 1966 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Sterling Colo, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: Crosson
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N1094P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3008

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NOSE GEAR UPPER DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3008, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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