- Date
- August 8, 1970
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8326YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191186
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3407 70/8/8 VALDOSTA,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3300 TIME - 1208 N8326Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUN. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALDOSTA,GA ORLANDO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- GR SELECTOR FOUND IN UP POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8326Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valdosta Mun.
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