- Date
- January 4, 1967
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7978YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0033 67/1/4 DES MOINES,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1414 N7978Y PX- 0 0 2 TEST AGE 28, 2087 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 525 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7978Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.