- Date
- May 18, 1966
- Place
- Walls, MS · WALLS, MS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5110PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1297 66/5/18 WALLS MISS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 626 TIME - 1730 N5110P PX- 0 0 1 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWINKLE TOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- BOTH PILOTS WERE WATCHING AN AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY-FAILED TO MAKE A PRELANDING CHECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5110P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twinkle Town
N5110PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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