- Date
- July 31, 1973
- Place
- Vineyard Hav, MA · VINEYARD HAV, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8659PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730731023519A
- Case key
- 189581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1972 73/7/31 NR.VINEYARD HAV,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 4000 TIME - 1600 N8659P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTHAS VINEYARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BINGHAMTON,NY NANTUCKET,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MARTHAS VINEYARD BECAUSE OF WEATHER LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DEFECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8659P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marthas Vineyard
N8659PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.