# NTSB GAA22WA121: Piper PA-30, N8350Y, Sandown, United Kingdom, March 14, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 14, 2022, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Sandown, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 50.651705, -1.18323 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.6517&lon=-1.1832&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104783
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104783/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA121

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-30, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7103002), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8350Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8350Y-2024-08-14), registration cancelled 2024-08-14, S/N 30-1497, built 1967 (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
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: Lee on Solent
- Airport: Sandown Airport
- Equipment: Unknown

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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