- Date
- October 16, 1967
- Place
- Sumter, SC · SUMTER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5043PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3767 67/10/16 SUMTER,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 227 TIME - 1545 N5043P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMTER 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GENERATOR ADJUST BRACKET BROKEN CAUSING BELT TO BECOME LOOSE THUS,GENERATOR INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5043P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sumter
N5043PRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2023 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.