- Date
- October 12, 1964
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7085YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3205 64/10/12 AMARILLO TEX PIPER PA30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1289 TIME - 1045 N7085Y PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - Z 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
- N7085Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Z
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