- Date
- April 9, 1969
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5407PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0854 69/4/9 HOBBS,N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1424 N5407P PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEA COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- COIL SPRING IN GR TRANSMISSION WELL LOOSE. LNDG GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5407P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lea County
N5407PRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.
Other investigations on N5407P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.