- Date
- August 15, 1966
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5447YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2067 66/8/15 BIG SPRING TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 3375 TIME - 1700 N5447Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWARD COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, BOTH MAIN GEARS REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5447Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Howard County
N5447YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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