- Date
- February 10, 1978
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7185YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780210009429A
- Case key
- 143430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1673 78/2/10 PONTIAC,MI PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N7185Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 64, 18190 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7185Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
N7185YRegistration cancelled Nov 10, 2009 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N7185Y · 2
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