- Date
- August 2, 1979
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9170PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790802020019A
- Case key
- 135237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1719 79/8/2 LUBBOCK,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 126 TIME - 0055 N9170P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TX LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TOO LOW FOR NORMAL OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9170P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock Regional
N9170PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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.