- Date
- February 17, 1973
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8348PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730217002779A
- Case key
- 169587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0060 73/2/17 NEW ORLEANS,LA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 60, 690 TIME - 1910 N8348P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PIERRE,SD NEW ORLEANS,LA SALINA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- LNDG GEAR WARNING HORN OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY.PLT FLEW 7HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8348P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
N8348PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.