- Date
- August 19, 1974
- Place
- Othello, WA · OTHELLO, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3079RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740819027009A
- Case key
- 138678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3828 74/8/19 OTHELLO,WASH PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 961 TIME - 0740 N3079R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTHELLO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRIEST LAKE,ID OTHELLO,WASH 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- FAST APCH.AUTO GR EXT DIDNT OPERATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3079R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Othello Muni
N3079RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.