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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Middle River, MD · March 17, 2010

Date: March 17, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place: Middle River, MD
Airport: Martin State Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N7925Y
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA10CA183
Reported as: Piper PA-30
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 632 total26 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N7925YRegistration cancelled Apr 21, 2010 · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1015 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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3/17/10OFFICE recieved phone call for aircraft that had a gear up landing.3/18/10 talked with pilot daniel walker who was on his way back to Michigan. He is going to e mail a statement of what happened. He was taking care of some family issues and will contact at a later date. I went to look at the aircraft on the afternoon of 3/18/10. There was a lot of damage to the left wing of the aircraft. Both props were twisted and destroyed. There was considerable damage to the belly of the aircraft . The tail tiedown was pulled off the aircraft went they tried to winch the aircraft up on to a trailer. The aircraft was on its gear, in the owners hangar, when I went to look at it.

As the FAA filed it

3/17/10OFFICE RECIEVED PHONE CALL FOR AIRCRAFT THAT HAD A GEAR UP LANDING.3/18/10 TALKED WITH PILOT DANIEL WALKER WHO WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO MICHIGAN. HE IS GOING TO E MAIL A STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED. HE WAS TAKING CARE OF SOME FAMILY ISSUES AND WILL CONTACT AT A LATER DATE. I WENT TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/18/10. THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH PROPS WERE TWISTED AND DESTROYED. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT . THE TAIL TIEDOWN WAS PULLED OFF THE AIRCRAFT WENT THEY TRIED TO WINCH THE AIRCRAFT UP ON TO A TRAILER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS GEAR, IN THE OWNERS HANGAR, WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA10CA183Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBaltimore, MDThe pilot's inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during a touch-and-go landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience in the make and model airplane.Mar 17, 2010 · Substantial damage