- Date
- September 18, 1969
- Place
- Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5964PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3679 69/9/18 CONCORD,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 846 TIME - 1825 N5964P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NEV CONCORD,CALIF 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- GENERATOR SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. TOWER GAVE PLT RED LT ON APCH DUE PARTIALLY EXTENDED GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5964P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buchanan
N5964PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.