- Date
- December 23, 1973
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7087YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731223041549A
- Case key
- 187417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4022 73/12/23 PEORIA,ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 3140 TIME - 1604 N7087Y PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PEORIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: MOTORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- RODENT DAMAGED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND WARNING CIRCUITRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7087Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Peoria
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.