- Date
- June 26, 1971
- Place
- Jackson, TN · JACKSON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5979YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2399 71/6/26 JACKSON,TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 12000 TIME - 1645 N5979Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKELLAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,ARK JACKSON,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5979Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mckellar
N5979YRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5979Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.