- Date
- June 7, 1969
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6715PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174691
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1767 69/6/7 LUBBOCK,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1920 N6715P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 34, 2261 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- MALADJUSTMENT OF A SPRING USED TO KEEP LDG EXTENSION MECHANISM SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6715P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock
N6715PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.