SEA81IA045

NTSB incident investigation · Piper PA-31 · Hailey, ID · June 30, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 30, 1981
Place
Hailey, ID · HAILEY, ID
Injuries
10 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N3516APiper PA-31
Status
Completed · report July 23, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
123614

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0067  81/6/30    HAILEY,ID           PIPER PA-31         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 2015                    N3516A              PX-  0  0  9  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      30, 3617 TOTAL HOURS, 890
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SALT LAKE CITY,UT           HAILEY,ID
        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
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
        REMARKS- PLT SAID HE WAS VERY TIRED.

Aircraft

Registration
N3516A
Reported as
Piper PA-31
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Friedman Memorial

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.