- Date
- August 10, 1977
- Place
- Council Bluffs, IA · COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5368PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770810021709A
- Case key
- 145943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2811 77/8/10 COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 74, 2973 TIME - 1500 N5368P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COUCIL BLUFFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRINNELL,IA COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5368P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coucil Bluffs
N5368PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.