- Date
- August 10, 1981
- Place
- Woodbridge, VA · WOODBRIDGE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2887QPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810810049089A
- Case key
- 124686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2122 81/8/10 WOODBRIDGE,VA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 486 TIME - 1945 N2887Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODBRIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBRIDGE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2887Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodbridge
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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