- Date
- March 4, 1971
- Place
- Watertown, WI · WATERTOWN, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5554YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160244
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0224 71/3/4 WATERTOWN,WIS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10985 TIME - 1220 N5554Y PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 3835 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELGIN,ILL WATERTOWN,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE REMARKS- NO LDG GR MALFUNCTION. GR LTS AND HORN DIDNT ACTIVATE UNTIL THROTTLE ALMOST AT IDLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5554Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watertown
N5554YRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.