- Date
- August 14, 1967
- Place
- Columbus, MT · COLUMBUS, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5384PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4305 67/8/14 COLUMBUS,MONT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 2240 TIME - 1500 N5384P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBUS 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) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5384P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbus
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