ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381141
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Date: | Saturday 13 August 1983 |
Time: | 10:00 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-23 |
Owner/operator: | John Shropshire |
Registration: | N3003P |
MSN: | 23-913 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4469 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Catarina, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT CATARINA, TX. THE PLT IDENTIFED HIMSELF AS LARRY DAY FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE HAD ENGINE TROUBLE AND WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LANDING. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED DAMAGE INDICATING THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO RAISE THE ACFT AND STRAIGHTEN THE PROPELLERS PRIOR TO THE INVESTIGATION. LATER A MR. LAWRENCE C. DAY OF HIXSON, TN WAS LOCATED. HE SAID SOMEONE HAD BEEN USING HIS NAME WHOSE DESCRIPTION MATCHED THAT OFTHE PLT OF N3003P. EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THE PLT AND PASSENGERS OF THE ACCIDENT ACFT HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW83LA385 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW83LA385
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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