- Date
- July 7, 1976
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7953YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760707023439A
- Case key
- 155195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3049 76/7/7 NEWPORT NEWS,VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 528 TIME - 1605 N7953Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL NEWPORT NEWS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- MOTOR AND TRANS ASSEMBLY SHEARED FM MT BRACKETS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7953Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.