- Date
- May 9, 1966
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR · PINE BLUFF, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7266YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3326 66/5/9 PINE BLUFF ARK PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N7266Y PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 1297 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIDER FIELD 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 FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- GEN FOUND OFF POSITION.LDG GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND NOR WARNING LITES WORK DUE DEPLETED BATTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7266Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grider Field
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