- Date
- September 15, 1978
- Place
- Muleshoe, TX · MULESHOE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7401PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780915032069A
- Case key
- 140201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2452 78/9/15 MULESHOE,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 5801 TIME - 2010 N7401P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARD WARREN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BRAUNFULS,TX MULESHOE,TX 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) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING REMARKS- RNWY LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7401P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Edward Warren
N7401PRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2003 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N7401P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.