- Date
- October 12, 1971
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8702PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4081 71/10/12 ROCKFORD,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1909 TIME - 2000 N8702P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL CHARLES CITY,IOWA 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 ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- CRUISE FLT,CABIN DOOR OPENED AT TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8702P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
N8702PRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8702P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.