- Date
- March 12, 1965
- Place
- Ft Meyers, FL · FT MEYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8053PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0512 65/3/12 FT MEYERS FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, TIME - 1600 N8053P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT MEYERS 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: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- INOPERATIVE GEAR WARNING HORN-NOSE GEAR RUBBING SIDE OF WHEEL WELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8053P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Meyers
N8053PRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8053P · 2
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