- Date
- June 13, 1977
- Place
- Chapel Hill, NC · CHAPEL HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3177RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770613014919A
- Case key
- 147084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1749 77/6/13 CHAPEL HILL,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 274 TIME - 0130 N3177R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORACE WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAPEL HILL,NC FAYETTEVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- DARK NITE,27LB OVERWT.PLT ONLY 1HR NITE EXP LAST 90 DAYS.EIGHT HRS TOTAL AT NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3177R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horace Williams
N3177RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.