- Date
- January 30, 1978
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8540YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780130008599A
- Case key
- 143435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1734 78/1/30 MIAMI,FL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N8540Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 1470 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW TAMIAMI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Tamiami
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8540Y · 1
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