- Date
- August 16, 1971
- Place
- Old Town, ME · OLD TOWN, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5195YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2791 71/8/16 OLD TOWN,ME PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 825 TIME - 1525 N5195Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEWITT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CONN OLD TOWN,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL GREEN LIGHT,GR SELECT WARN LIGHT AND HORN NOT OPERATING.PLT AWARE WARN SYS IN PART,INOP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5195Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dewitt Field