- Date
- December 17, 1978
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8311PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781217037349A
- Case key
- 138536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4094 78/12/17 ROSWELL,NM PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 103 TIME - 1730 N8311P PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSWELL AIR CTR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSWELL,NM ROSWELL,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8311P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roswell Air Ctr
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.