- Date
- February 10, 1971
- Place
- Grimes, IA · GRIMES, IA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4139WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2830 71/2/10 GRIMES,IOWA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 579 TIME - 2010 N4139W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR DES MOINES,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ALTERNATOR BELT LOOSE,DEPLETED BATT.LND LTS INOP.LND TO L OF RWY IN SNOW.BOUNDARY LTS OUTSIDE SNOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4139W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dodge
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