- Date
- October 3, 1968
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9054YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4901 68/10/3 FREDERICKSBURG,VA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 6307 TIME - 0710 N9054Y PX- 0 0 6 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON 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 EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- DOOR LATCH NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9054Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon
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