- Date
- February 1, 1971
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5481PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0003 71/2/1 KNOXVILLE,TENN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 152 TIME - 1005 N5481P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TEN KNOXVILLE,TENN 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 REMARKS- LDG GR DID NOT EXTEND TO LOCKED POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5481P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Downtown Island
N5481PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5481P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.