- Date
- July 31, 1974
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1040UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740731021999A
- Case key
- 132551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1823 74/7/31 READING,PA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 303 TIME - 1551 N1040U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- ACFT WAS LANDED WITH GEAR EXTENDED BUT NOT IN DOWN AND LOCK POSITION.LOST RADIO DWND LEG FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1040U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading Muni
N1040URegistered now · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.
Other investigations on N1040U · 1
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