- Date
- March 9, 1971
- Place
- Montgomeryvile, PA · MONTGOMERYVILE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5603YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1015 71/3/9 MONTGOMERYVILE,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N5603Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 31, 1728 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERYVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA MONTGOMERYVILE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- LNDG GEAR SELECTOR FOUND IN DOWN POSITION.L AND R LNDG GEAR FIXED ATTACH POINTS DISTORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5603Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomeryville
N5603YRegistration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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