- Date
- January 7, 1971
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5779PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0398 71/1/7 MACON,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1645 N5779P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 28, 5850 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS B WILSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5779P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis B Wilson
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Other investigations on N5779P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA21LA251Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMonticello, NYThe pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in a failure of the right main landing gear tire on landing rollout, a subsequent loss of directional control, and landing gear collapse.NTSB MIA77FKJ83Accident · No injuriesClosedBirmingham, AL