- Date
- April 6, 1974
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8973PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740406012449A
- Case key
- 124240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1323 74/4/6 MACON,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 520 TIME - 1325 N8973P PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS B WILSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC MONTGOMERY,ALA 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED FLT TO ANOTHER ARPT AFTER RNWY CONTACT WITH LNDG GR RETRACTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8973P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis B Wilson
N8973PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.