- Date
- August 4, 1988, 12:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Chantilly, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7866YPiper PA-30-160R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880804030209I
- Case key
- 11429
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Analysis
The instr & stu plt were doing a practice landing on rwy 27 at the front royal airport when the acft landed hard and bounced about 20 ft high. A go around was made, however, the landing gear would not retract. After two flyovers of the arpt it was confirmed that the l main gear was damaged. The instr decided to fly to dulles intl arpt where a landing was made on the two extended landing gear. The stu was a certified commercial plt who was practicing for a flight check. He had 11 total flt hrs in this acft and this was his sixth flight in it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7866Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30-160R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-949
- Airframe hours
- 3,342
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lambert J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- FRR · Front Royal, VA
- Destination
- IAD
- Airport
- IAD · Dulles, runway 12, 10,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,802 total · 425 in this make and model · 8,356 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7866Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.