- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- Old Forge, NY · OLD FORGE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5986YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1419 69/4/30 OLD FORGE,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N5986Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 1079 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 279 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE RAPIDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- LDG GR RETRACTION,EXTENSION AND WARNING LIGHTS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AFTER ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5986Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Little Rapids
N5986YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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