- Date
- December 6, 1979
- Place
- Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7420YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791206037339A
- Case key
- 132704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3740 79/12/6 NR.CHANDLER,AZ PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N7420Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 31, 4237 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 116 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STELLAR AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANDLER,AZ SEDONA,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ELEC WIRING DMGD BY FOREIGN OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7420Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stellar Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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