- Date
- November 21, 1968
- Place
- Sparta, MI · SPARTA, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5031PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3981 68/11/21 SPARTA,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 220 TIME - 1020 N5031P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTA 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 REMARKS- FAILED TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR GR TO LOCK IN DOWN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5031P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sparta
N5031PRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.