- Date
- May 22, 1970
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8162PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2219 70/5/22 VACAVILLE,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 670 TIME - 1800 N8162P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CALIF VACAVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LDG GR WARN HORN DID NOT BLOW,VIBRATOR POINTS STUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8162P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nut Tree
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Other investigations on N8162P · 2
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