- Date
- June 8, 1971
- Place
- Hyannis, MA · HYANNIS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5759PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1940 71/6/8 HYANNIS,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3200 TIME - 1718 N5759P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNSTABLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NANTUCKET,MASS HYANNIS,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PLT INTENDED TO TURN ON FUEL BOOST PUMP,TURNED OFF MASTER BATTERY SWITCH WHILE GR WAS IN TRANSIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barnstable
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5759P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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