- Date
- April 6, 1977
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8800YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770406006449A
- Case key
- 157457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0766 77/4/6 TUSCALOOSA,AL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1770 TIME - 1300 N8800Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSCALOOSA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL TUSCALOOSA,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8800Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tuscaloosa Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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