OAK68F0091

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Sacramento, CA · August 19, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 19, 1967
Place
Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6890PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report November 24, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
114124

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3038  67/8/19    SACRAMENTO,CALIF    PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1148                    N6890P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 25, 3570 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1503 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- CAUSE OF LDG GR MALFUNCTION UNDETERMINED.

Aircraft

Registration
N6890P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Sacramento

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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