- Date
- September 21, 1966
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7161PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3445 66/9/21 LANCASTER CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N7161P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 917 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN.WILLIAM J FOX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON FINAL APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7161P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gen.William J Fox
N7161PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7161P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.