- Date
- July 3, 1980
- Place
- West Palm Bch, FL · WEST PALM BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 28 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7801MFairchild FH227E
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800703027599I
- Case key
- 129363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0011 80/7/3 WEST PALM BCH,FL FAIRCHILD FH227E CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1639 N7801M PX- 0 0 25 MIL/CTR PASSG 30, 5970 TOTAL HOURS, 952 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDROS IS,BAHAMAS WEST PALM BCH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- GEAR RETRACTED DRG BOUNCED LND.W GEAR HANDLE IN INTMD PSN,GEAR WOULD EXTD,IND DWN/LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7801M
- Reported as
- Fairchild FH227E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Intl
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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.