- Date
- January 6, 1971
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ · QUARTZSITE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5720PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0857 71/1/6 QUARTZSITE,ARIZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2629 TIME - 1530 N5720P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUARTZSITE,ARIZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ QUARTZSITE,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- MASTER SW IN OFF POS.PLT DID NOT MONITOR GEAR POS LTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5720P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quartzsite,Ariz
N5720PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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