- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Selmer, TN · SELMER, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7020YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004031129I
- Case key
- 138170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0014 78/10/4 SELMER,TN PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1200 N7020Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 44, 5800 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MCNAIRY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MEMPHIS,TN LOCAL SELMER,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- GROUNDING WIRE FOR LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN FOUND DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7020Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Mcnairy County
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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.