- Date
- July 7, 1973
- Place
- Chatham, MA · CHATHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7462PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730707021749A
- Case key
- 189293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2328 73/7/7 CHATHAM,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 730 TIME - 1650 N7462P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHATHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATHAM,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- LDG GR SELECT 3 PSN TOGGLE SWITCH PLT MOVED SWITCH FM UP TO CTR OFF PSN,THOUGHT SELECTED DWN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7462P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chatham
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.