- Date
- May 16, 1971
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7562YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0016 71/5/16 LONG BEACH,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N7562Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 1956 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- PLT PUT LD GR HANDLE DWN,FAILED TO MAKE SURE GR DWN AND LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7562Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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