- Date
- July 19, 1976
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8901PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1474 76/7/19 ALBUQUERQUE,NM PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 290 TIME - 1913 N8901P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBUQUERQUE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CLOVIS,NM LAS VEGAS,NV ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY.UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT.GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8901P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albuquerque Intl
N8901PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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.