# NTSB MIA66D0413: Piper PA-24, N5219P, Statesboro, GA, January 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 11, 1966
- Place: Statesboro, GA · STATESBORO, GA
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66D0413
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66D0413

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0331  66/1/11    STATESBORO GA       PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 11000
        TIME - 1055                    N5219P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STATESBORO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS
        REMARKS- LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5219P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5219P-2020-07-27), registration cancelled 2020-07-27, S/N 24-246, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Statesboro

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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