- Date
- January 20, 1969
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8503YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0276 69/1/20 FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1416 N8503Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXECUTIVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING REMARKS- LNDG GR SWITCH GUARD BROKEN,HANGING LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8503Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Executive
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