- Date
- May 18, 1973
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3797GUniversal D-16
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 73/5/18 YPSILANTI,MICH UNIVERSAL D-16 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 236 TIME - 1336 N3797G PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 153 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YPSILANTI,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR CHECK PILOT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- PIC RETRACTED GR ON FINAL APCH,THEN LND WITHOUT EXTENDING GR.FAA CK PLT DIDNT MONITOR.GR HORN INOP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3797G
- Reported as
- Universal D-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Willow Run
N3797GRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Universal TEMCO D-16Airframe modelUniversal TEMCO D-16Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.