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Piper PA-23-250 N14360

29 December 1983 · West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 December 1983 at about 04:56 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N14360 was involved in an accident near West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 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 04:56
Classification
Accident
Location
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Allegheny County (AGC)
Coordinates
40.3598, -79.9003
Aircraft
Piper PA-23-250
Registration
N14360
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Burke Lakefront
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
NYC84LA062

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

DURING THE COCKPIT PREFLIGHT THE PLT NOTICED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. THE PLT CHECKED THE NOSE GEAR & COULD SEE NOTHING UNUSUAL, & CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY INDICATING SYSTEM. DURING ROTATION THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THIS ACFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS & NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS FOUND. HOWEVER, THE NOSE GEAR LEG, BRACES, & LOCKING MECHANISM WAS FOUND HEAVILY COATED WITH GREASE & SAND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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