- Date
- July 30, 1965
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6521PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2145 65/7/30 DALLAS TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 3020 TIME - 1630 N6521P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BIRD 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) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES REMARKS- AIRCRAFT BATTERY TOO WEAK TO FULLY EXTEND GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6521P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Red Bird