- Date
- March 16, 1980
- Place
- Gainesville, GA · GAINESVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7858YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800316007259A
- Case key
- 131802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0311 80/3/16 NR.GAINESVILLE,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 4578 TIME - 1300 N7858Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE GILMER MEMRL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,GA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT STATED UN FULLY LOWER GEAR, NO MALF FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7858Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee Gilmer Memrl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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