- Date
- March 29, 1965
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8531PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3997 65/3/29 BUFFALO NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 189 TIME - 0101 N8531P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER BUFFALO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PILOT REPORTED RETURNING TO AIRPORT DUE TO LOW AIRSPEED IN CLIMB AND POSSIBLE INDUCTION ICING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8531P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Buffalo