- Date
- May 12, 1966
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ · FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5985PPiper PA 24
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1291 66/5/12 FLAGSTAFF ARIZ PIPER PA 24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 346 TIME - 1715 N5985P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGSTAFF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- PILOT INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF MASTER SWITCH WHILE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5985P
- Reported as
- Piper PA 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flagstaff
N5985PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5985P · 2
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