- Date
- December 6, 1969
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8120YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3709 69/12/6 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2355 TIME - 1717 N8120Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 629 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- LDG GR TRANS JACK SCREW FOUND 3/4IN FROM FULL EXTDD PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8120Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
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