NTSB Identification: DEN84LA296.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 25934.
Accident occurred Thursday, September 20, 1984 in CARRINGTON, ND
Aircraft: PIPER PA-24-260, registration: N8579P
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED ON BASE LEG BUT HE DID NOT RECALL SEEING THE GREEN LIGHT INDICATING A DOWN AND LOCKED CONFIGURATION. AS THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SOME RESISTANCE WAS FELT BY THE PLT AS ALL 3 GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SETTLED ONTO THE RWY. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED OR DISCOVERED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
LANDING GEAR..UNDETERMINED
Contributing Factors
CHECKLIST..NOT FOLLOWED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED..NOT IDENTIFIED..PILOT IN COMMAND
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