- Date
- June 11, 1981
- Place
- Hilton Head Is, SC · HILTON HEAD IS, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8264YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810611032919A
- Case key
- 125159
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1887 81/6/11 HILTON HEAD IS,SC PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3530 TIME - 1430 N8264Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1743 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON HEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILTON HEAD IS,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- BATTERY DEAD,USED EXT PWR FOR START.LOST ELEC PWR AFTER TKOF.FND L MAIN GEAR UNLOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8264Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hilton Head
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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.