- Date
- March 10, 1971
- Place
- Leakey, TX · LEAKEY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8716YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0190 71/3/10 LEAKEY,TEX PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 711 TIME - 1835 N8716Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 132 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEAKEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UVALDE,TEX BROWNSWOOD,TEX 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- BATTERY LOW,AUX PWR USED TO START ENG.ELEC FAILURE IN FLT,CAUSE UNDTRMD.EMERG GR EXTN PRO NOT USED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8716Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leakey
N8716YRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2007 · 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.