- Date
- December 25, 1977
- Place
- Paris, TX · PARIS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8509PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771225041449A
- Case key
- 144342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 77/12/25 PARIS,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 4800 TIME - 1330 N8509P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COX FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARIS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8509P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cox Field
N8509PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 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.