- Date
- September 7, 1977
- Place
- Yuba City, CA · YUBA CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8831BPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770907025309A
- Case key
- 145646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2039 77/9/7 YUBA CITY,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 200 TIME - 1600 N8831B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,CA YUBA CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8831B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sutter County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8831B · 1
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