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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Fairbury, NE · September 21, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 21, 1974
Place
Fairbury, NE · FAIRBURY, NE
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
C-GCCUPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report December 5, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
141153

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0007  74/9/21    FAIRBURY,NEBR       PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1015                    C-GCCU              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     54, 16000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRBURY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TULSA,OKLA                  FAIRBURY,NEBR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
        REMARKS- LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK DRG NML EXTN PROCEDURE.JACK SCREN APRX 1 TURN SHORT.

Aircraft

Registration
C-GCCU
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Fairbury