- Date
- February 24, 1965
- Place
- Cooperstown, NY · COOPERSTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N870WPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0305 65/2/24 COOPERSTOWN NY PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 576 TIME - 1550 N870W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOPERSTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N870W
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cooperstown
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