- Date
- March 22, 1980
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7953PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800322007859A
- Case key
- 134892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0988 80/3/22 LAKE WALES,FL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 380 TIME - 1400 N7953P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WALES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WALES,FL WAYCROSS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- EXTDD GEAR FOR DESCENT.INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7953P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Wales Muni
N7953PRegistered now · 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.