- Date
- August 31, 1964
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7420PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185956
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2711 64/8/31 NAPA CALIF PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 276 TIME - 1230 N7420P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPA COUNTY 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) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING REMARKS- GEAR WARNING HORN WIRES BROKEN AT SAFETY SWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7420P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Napa County
N7420PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.