- Date
- December 19, 1971
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6564PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164962
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4149 71/12/19 PORTERVILLE,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 542 TIME - 1630 N6564P PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL 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 REMARKS- PLT PUT GR HNDL DN TO NUETRAL PSN,NAV LTS WERE ON,PWR WAS CARRIED DURG APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6564P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville
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