# NTSB MIA71FKG31: Piper PA-30, N7881Y, Statesboro, GA, August 28, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1970
- Place: Statesboro, GA · STATESBORO, GA
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71FKG31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FKG31

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7881Y-1973-10-10), registration cancelled 1973-10-10, S/N 30-966, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30B-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30b-160) (registry code 7103003) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Statesboro Muni

## Other investigations on N7881Y (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74AC020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC020), Sep 4, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N7881Y), Gary, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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