- Date
- July 27, 1971
- Place
- Rio Grande, NJ · RIO GRANDE, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7809PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2624 71/7/27 RIO GRANDE,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 323 TIME - 2040 N7809P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA RIO GRANDE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- PLTS ATTN DIVERTED TO OTR ACFT ON FINAL APCH,LNDG CHECKLIST NOT COMPLETED.GR SELECT FOUND DWN POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7809P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape May County
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