- Date
- March 17, 1971
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7005PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2172 71/3/17 RENO,NEV PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 500 TIME - 1045 N7005P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 314 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN CARLOS,CALIF RENO,NEV 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 REMARKS- PLT REPORTED RADIO FAILURE.LDG GR SYSTEM,RADIOS FOUND OPERATING NORMAL DRG INVESTIGATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7005P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reno Muni
N7005PRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 1976 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7005P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.