- Date
- January 2, 1970
- Place
- Al Tahoe, CA · AL TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6522PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0111 70/1/2 AL TAHOE,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1150 N6522P PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAHOE VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AL TAHOE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- MANUAL LDG GR EXTSN,DID NOT EXTND EMGCY HANDLE TO FULL LENGTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6522P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tahoe Valley
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