- Date
- September 24, 1964
- Place
- Crystal City, TX · CRYSTAL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7189YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181276
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3011 64/9/24 CRYSTAL CITY TEX PIPER PA30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1000 TIME - 1330 N7189Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL CITY 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO TURN ON THE GENERATOR SWITCHES,RESULTING IN A DEAD BATTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7189Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal City
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