- Date
- September 13, 1967
- Place
- Hearne, TX · HEARNE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7776YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3319 67/9/13 HEARNE,TEX PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 2830 TIME - 1430 N7776Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEARNE 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO TURN GEN SWITCH ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7776Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hearne
N7776YRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.