- Date
- May 14, 1974
- Place
- Hopkinsville, KY · HOPKINSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8814PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740514016549A
- Case key
- 124724
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1550 74/5/14 HOPKINSVILLE,KY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N8814P PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 35, 782 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 62 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPKINSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPKINSVILLE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED BY OTR ACFT TAXIING TO RWY FOR TKOF.PLT STRUCK GR SWITCH WHEN TURNING ON FUEL PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8814P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopkinsville
N8814PRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2023 · 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.