- Date
- July 1, 1971
- Place
- Offutt Afb, NE · OFFUTT AFB, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5742PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2535 71/7/1 OFFUTT AFB,NEBR PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1848 N5742P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 839 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 157 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OFFUTT AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OFFUTT AFB,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: MOTORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LWRD GR,EMERG EXT.GR MOTOR FRONT BEARING DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5742P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Offutt Afb
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Other investigations on N5742P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.