- Date
- September 5, 1980
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9224PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800905041389A
- Case key
- 129058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2588 80/9/5 NAPA,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1815 TIME - 1100 N9224P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 560 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LODI,CA NAPA,CA 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) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDG GEAR TRANSMISSION SCREW JACK FND IN AN IN-TRANSIT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9224P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Napa County
N9224PRegistered now · 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.
Other investigations on N9224P · 1
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