- Date
- September 10, 1971
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9179PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3477 71/9/10 LAS VEGAS,NEV PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 252 TIME - 1745 N9179P PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CALIF LAS VEGAS,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 PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- WHEN GR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY PLT ATMTD TO EXTEND GR MANUALLY,WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH PROCEDURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9179P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
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