- Date
- October 20, 1966
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3050PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3384 66/10/20 ATLANTA GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 624 TIME - 1401 N3050P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PILOT UNAWARE LEFT ENGINE OPERATED LANDING GEAR.WAITED TOO LATE TO COMPLETELY EXTEND IT MANUALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3050P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atlanta
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