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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Truth Or Conseq, NM · August 23, 1979

Date
August 23, 1979 · 10:17 local
Place
Truth Or Conseq, NM
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8451P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FQA48
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,018 total15 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Landed without ascertaining landing gear was down & locked. Found nose gear hitting side of wheelwell.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITHOUT ASCERTAINING LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED. FOUND NOSE GEAR HITTING SIDE OF WHEELWELL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.