- Date
- August 28, 1970
- Place
- Statesboro, GA · STATESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7881YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2279 70/8/28 STATESBORO,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1900 N7881Y PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS 25, 2601 TOTAL HOURS, 83 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STATESBORO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLEN,GA STATESBORO,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- GR OBS RETRACTING DRG FNL APCH.YELLOW UNSAFE LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT.GR CKT BRKR POPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7881Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Statesboro Muni
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