- Date
- March 2, 1964
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4597PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0525 64/3/2 SAN ANTONIO TEX PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1700 TIME - 1500 N4597P PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4597P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4597PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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