- Date
- December 16, 1978
- Place
- Kankakee, IL · KANKAKEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8143YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781216039389A
- Case key
- 137960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4167 78/12/16 KANKAKEE,IL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 18500 TIME - 1030 N8143Y PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER KANKAKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANKAKEE,IL KANKAKEE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR RETRACTION TUBE,P/N 2101203,BROKEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8143Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Kankakee
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8143Y · 1
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