- Date
- April 25, 1971
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8385YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1373 71/4/25 LANSING,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1519 N8385Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 1168 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 667 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUT IN BAY,OHIO LANSING,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- TKOF APRX 85MPH,5MI BLO VMC,RTRCTD LDG GR WHILE ACFT WAS IN ROTATION.L LDG GR PUSH-PULL ASSEM BENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
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