Piper PA-34 N56541
1 August 1974 · Cheswold, Delaware, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 August 1974 at about 11:55 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N56541, operated by Air Executive, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Cheswold, Delaware, 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
- at 11:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cheswold, Delaware, United States
- Nearest airport
- Delaware Airpark
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-34
- Registration
- N56541
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air Executive
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Georgetown, del → Philadelphia, Pa
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2308
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 DOWN LOCK MOUNT BRACKET FAILED.NOSE GRWOULD NOT LOCK IN DOWN PSN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Taos, New Mexico, United States | Cleek Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Sep 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Early, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Vandalia, Ohio, United States | Wholesale Lumb | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Air Executive | No injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Edensburg, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 1974 | Piper PA-34 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Federal Airway | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 1974 | Aeronca 7BCM | Arboles, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 1974 | Piper PA-18 | Joliet, Illinois, United States | Joliet Municip | No injuries | - |
| 23 Feb 1974 | Cessna 172 | Ely, Minnesota, United States | Wilderness WIN | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1974 | Bell 47G-2 | Seward, Alaska, United States | Heli-Lift, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 May 1974 | Sikorsky S55B | Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States | Rotorlift Inc | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1974 | Cessna 206 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |