- Date
- July 29, 1964
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5459PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2256 64/7/29 MIDLAND TEX PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1525 N5459P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5459P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland
N5459PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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