- Date
- May 29, 1970
- Place
- Sidney, NE · SIDNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5516PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0787 70/5/29 SIDNEY,NEBR PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 323 TIME - 1053 N5516P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDEN,UT N PLATTE,NEB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT SAID HE USED EMERG GR EXTN SYS AND GR INDCD DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5516P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sidney
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