- Date
- November 26, 1966
- Place
- Auburn, AL · AUBURN, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8371PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4195 66/11/26 AUBURN ALA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 380 TIME - 1700 N8371P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN-OPELIKA 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: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- GENERATOR GROUNDED DUE TO CORROSION.PLT FAILED TO LOCK GEAR DOWN MANUALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8371P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Auburn-Opelika
N8371PRegistration cancelled May 29, 2019 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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