- Date
- November 18, 1974
- Place
- Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3985TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741118041549A
- Case key
- 144464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3998 74/11/18 ISLIP,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 600 TIME - 1015 N3985T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 205 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP-MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CONN ISLIP,NY 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 PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- AUTO LDG GR EXTENSION DID NOT WORK.GR WARNING HORN FAILED TO OPERATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3985T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Islip-Macarthur
N3985TRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2022 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine 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.