# NTSB DIA69D0120: Piper PA-30, N8017Y, Friendship, MD, December 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 21, 1968
- Place: Friendship, MD · FRIENDSHIP, MD
- Location: 38.7358° N, 76.5878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friendship, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7358&lon=-76.5878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69D0120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69D0120

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4448  68/12/21   FRIENDSHIP,MD       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 58, 2314
        TIME - 1604                    N8017Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1288 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIENDSHIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8017Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8017Y), registered now, S/N 30-1125, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Friendship

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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