- Date
- November 2, 1969
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7994PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4283 69/11/2 LITTLE ROCK,ARK PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 266 TIME - 1526 N7994P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADAMS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DAYTON,OHIO AUSTIN,TEX WALNUT RIDGE,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WHEEL WELL DOORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP REMARKS- NOSE GR DOOR FORWAD HINGE BROKEN.MISALIGNED DOOR PREVENTED GR STRUT FROM EXTDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7994P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Adams Field
N7994PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7994P · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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