- Date
- December 30, 1966
- Place
- Warsaw, IN · WARSAW, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86771Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4221 66/12/30 WARSAW IND BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 128 TIME - 1705 N86771 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARSAW MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SWITCHES REMARKS- PILOT MISINTERPRETED VISUAL GEAR INDICATOR.LANDING GEAR MICRO SWITCH DEFECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86771
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warsaw Muni.
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