- Date
- August 10, 1980
- Place
- Dania, FL · DANIA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N27906Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800810036009A
- Case key
- 129222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2666 80/8/10 DANIA,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 186 TIME - 2020 N27906 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANIA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED AFTR GR RETRACTION.ALL PROPS DMGD DUE CONTACT WITH RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27906
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hollywood Intl
N27906Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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