Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28R-200 N15513

24 September 1988 · Bunnell, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 September 1988 at about 12:40 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N15513 was involved in an accident near Bunnell, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 12:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Bunnell, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Flagler County (X47)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-200
Registration
N15513
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA88LA276

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF AFTER LNDG, THE LEFT MAIN LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT SLID TO STOP. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE LNDG GEAR MICROSWITCH FAILED INTERNALLY. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN GUT NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO ITS POSITION WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS PART OF HIS PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKLIST 'I TOOK THE GEAR EMERGENCY LEVER IN THE OVERRIDE POSITION.' THE PILOT HAD 9 HOURS EXPERIENCE IN MAKE/MODEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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