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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-40 · Asheville, NC · June 22, 1977

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 22, 1977
Place
Asheville, NC · ASHEVILLE, NC
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N9997PPiper PA-40
Status
Completed · report August 18, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19770622019949A
Case key
147681

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1481  77/6/22    ASHEVILLE,NC        PIPER PA-40         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 75, 12017
        TIME - 1330                    N9997P              PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHEVILLE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ASHEVILLE,NC                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR

Aircraft

Registration
N9997P
Reported as
Piper PA-40
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Asheville

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.