- Date
- October 15, 1970
- Place
- Bismarck, ND · BISMARCK, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8551PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3951 70/10/15 BISMARCK,N DAK PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2360 TIME - 0830 N8551P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISMARCK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDER,N DAK BISMARCK,N DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8551P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bismarck Muni
N8551PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8551P · 1
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