- Date
- August 5, 1970
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7281YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1513 70/8/5 PELLSTON,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 614 TIME - 1635 N7281Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARBOR SPRINGS,MICH PELLSTON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CHECKED OK IN POST-ACCIDENT TESTS.PLT RETRACTED FLAPS ON LANDING ROLLOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7281Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Emmet County
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