- Date
- April 14, 1981
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI · ANN ARBOR, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7755YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810414016119A
- Case key
- 126131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0579 81/4/14 ANN ARBOR,MI PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1001 TIME - 2042 N7755Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 479 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANN ARBOR MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7755Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ann Arbor Muni
N7755YRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · 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.