- Date
- September 20, 1981
- Place
- Jonesboro, AR · JONESBORO, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6115YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810920063399A
- Case key
- 123227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2500 81/9/20 JONESBORO,AR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N6115Y PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC AGE 20, 519 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JONESBORO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JONESBORO,AR MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE FOUND IN UP POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6115Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jonesboro Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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