- Date
- May 22, 1971
- Place
- Plymouth, MI · PLYMOUTH, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5047PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2187 71/5/22 PLYMOUTH,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 448 TIME - 2200 N5047P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 317 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METTETAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YPSILANTI,MICH PLYMOUTH,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- PLT BUSY TRYING TO CLOSE AIR VENTS,TALKING TO PAX,DID NOT LOWER LDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5047P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mettetal
N5047PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N5047P · 1
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