- Date
- October 31, 1965
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3138PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3233 65/10/31 LANSING MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2800 TIME - 2000 N3138P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION. PILOT OPERATED AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF MAINTENANCE WORK ON LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3138P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
N3138PRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.