- Date
- December 26, 1964
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8103PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3880 64/12/26 WICHITA FALLS TEX PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1850 TIME - 1500 N8103P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 950 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KICKAPOO 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8103P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kickapoo
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Other investigations on N8103P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA90FA166Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportSalem, ORThe pilot allowed the design stress limits of the aircraft to be exceeded. Factors related to the accident concerned inadvertent flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions.NTSB CHI82DA240Accident · No injuriesFinal reportLafayette, INDuring arrival, the pilot was unable to extend the gear by using the normal (electrical) system or the manual emergency handle. After repeated attempts to correct the malfunction, he elected to land with the gear up.