- Date
- June 23, 1973
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8559PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730623017479A
- Case key
- 190004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2231 73/6/23 MERCED,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N8559P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 61, 20493 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 527 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- GR HANDLE DN. GR MOTOR AND SAFE LIGHT CKT BKR POPPED. GR WARNING HORN INOP ON PREVIOUS LDGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8559P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merced
N8559PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8559P · 2
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