- Date
- January 27, 1973
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8596YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730127008319A
- Case key
- 170705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0782 73/1/27 OPA LOCKA,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 4879 TIME - 1554 N8596Y PX- 0 0 1 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 908 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 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 GEAR RETRACTED 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) DUAL STUDENT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- GR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED ON LDG TD.WENT AROUND.LNDD WITH GR IN UNLOCKED PSN.SE APCH TO LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8596Y
- 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.