- Date
- February 16, 1973
- Place
- Nashville, TN · NASHVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8513YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730216002149A
- Case key
- 170033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0257 73/2/16 NASHVILLE,TENN PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 70, 3713 TIME - 1141 N8513Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 649 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASHVILLE METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG SPRINGS,TEX NASHVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. GR WARNING HORN INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8513Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nashville Metro
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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.