- Date
- August 26, 1966
- Place
- Jackson, MS · JACKSON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7937PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 66/8/26 JACKSON MISS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N7937P PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 20, 428 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWKINS FLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACTION OUT OF RIG AND DOWN SPRING WAS WEAK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7937P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hawkins Fld
N7937PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.