- Date
- November 5, 1965
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7545YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3843 65/11/5 DES MOINES IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 2792 TIME - 1838 N7545Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.LANDING GEAR EXTENSION RODS BENT GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7545Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines
N7545YRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2006 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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