- Date
- December 13, 1971
- Place
- Florence, SC · FLORENCE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8552PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4121 71/12/13 FLORENCE,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 5000 TIME - 1845 N8552P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLORENCE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA FLORENCE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- LDG GR ACTUATOR AND MOTOR FOUND TORN FM ITS MOUNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8552P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Florence Mun
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
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