- Date
- September 8, 1980
- Place
- Redstone Arsnl, AL · REDSTONE ARSNL, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1996HPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800908042319A
- Case key
- 129062
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2597 80/9/8 REDSTONE ARSNL,AL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 66, 589 TIME - 1702 N1996H PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDSTONE ARSENAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDSTONE ARSNL,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DISTRACTED FM LANDING CHECK LIST WHEN TWR DID NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.LNDD WITH WHEELS UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1996H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redstone Arsenal
N1996HRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.