- Date
- November 18, 1975
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5304PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751118035149A
- Case key
- 151861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3429 75/11/18 BIRMINGHAM,AL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 2747 TIME - 2050 N5304P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 318 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,AL BIRMINGHAM,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- CB OUT WHEN PUSHED IN GR OPERATED NMLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5304P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham Muni
N5304PRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N5304P · 1
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