- Date
- March 17, 1973
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8540YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730317013969A
- Case key
- 170466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1576 73/3/17 OPA LOCKA,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0823 N8540Y PX- 0 0 1 DUAL 50, 8809 TOTAL HOURS, 614 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- WX BRIEF ATIS.ACFT EQPD WITH MIRROR ON L ENG NACELLE TO OBS L LDG GR DWN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8540Y · 1
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