- Date
- October 4, 1967
- Place
- Alabaster, AL · ALABASTER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5949PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3590 67/10/4 ALABASTER,ALA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 4000 TIME - 2000 N5949P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 462 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- ELEC-WIRE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THROTTLE SWITCH CAUSING LDG GR WARN HORN TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5949P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelby County
N5949PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5949P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.