- Date
- September 28, 1979
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7430PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790928032159A
- Case key
- 134807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2863 79/9/28 YUMA,AZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 454 TIME - 2000 N7430P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 374 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOT,AZ YUMA,AZ 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: AMMETERS/VOLTMETERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- MAIN GENERATOR CKT BREAKER POPPED.AMMETER-INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7430P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yuma Intl
N7430PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.