- Date
- April 18, 1980
- Place
- New Castle, PA · NEW CASTLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N971FTPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800418009819A
- Case key
- 131319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 80/4/18 NEW CASTLE,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N971FT PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 848 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 366 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW CASTLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOUNGSTOWN,PA NEW CASTLE,PA 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N971FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Castle
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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