- Date
- August 28, 1975
- Place
- Lewiston, MT · LEWISTON, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8881PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750828027999A
- Case key
- 150902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2604 75/8/28 LEWISTON,MT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 320 TIME - 1410 N8881P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWISTON MUNI. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAVRE,MT LEWISTON,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- GR WARNING HORN NOT CONNECTED TO THROTTLE SWITCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8881P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewiston Muni.
N8881PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8881P · 1
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