Piper PA-23 N5459Y
17 July 1970 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 July 1970 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5459Y, operated by Valeron Corpor, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5459Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Valeron Corpor
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Detroit, Mich → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0955
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 GR UNLOCKED. PRESS RELIEF VALVE OP AT TOO LOW PSI.PREVIOUS GR PROBLEM.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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