- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Freeland, MI · FREELAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7968YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 71/7/24 FREELAND,MICH PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1060 TIME - 1926 N7968Y PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREELAND,MICH LOCAL 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 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- LWRD GR,NORM SYST,UNSAFE INDCN.LWRD GR EMERG SYST,LNDD WITH UNSAFE INDCN.NO MALF FOUND EITHER SYST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7968Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri City
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