- Date
- August 28, 1980
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8353YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800828037909A
- Case key
- 129380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3504 80/8/28 VALDOSTA,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 10000 TIME - 1530 N8353Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2010 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALDOSTA,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE RAISED DRG MAINT.CTL WHEEL CAN BLANK PLT'S VISION OF GR HANDLE & WARNING LITES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8353Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.