- Date
- March 28, 1981
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8GCPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810328013179A
- Case key
- 126935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0568 81/3/28 DETROIT,MI PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N8GC PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 39, 4100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 165 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RAMP AREA REPAIRED TWO WEEKS PRIOR W ASPHALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8GC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
N8GCRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.