- Date
- March 18, 1971
- Place
- Florence, SC · FLORENCE, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8552PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1036 71/3/18 FLORENCE,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 157 TIME - 1040 N8552P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLORENCE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLORENCE,SC LOCAL 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 FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- SUN SHINING ON GEAR DOWN LITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8552P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Florence Muni
N8552PRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2020 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8552P · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.