- Date
- June 19, 1969
- Place
- Owensboro, KY · OWENSBORO, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8760YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2546 69/6/19 OWENSBORO,KY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2100 N8760Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 62, 8538 TOTAL HOURS, 31 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWENSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY OWENSBORO,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. REMARKS- LDG GR IN UNLOCKED POS.GOUGES ON RWY APRX 380 FT AND 1480FT FROM APCH END.ATTACH PT TRANS GR SEPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8760Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owensboro
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