- Date
- August 26, 1973
- Place
- Lemars, IA · LEMARS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7516YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730826025859A
- Case key
- 189388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 73/8/26 LEMARS,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1410 TIME - 0850 N7516Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEMARS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEMARS,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PLT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GR INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING LEVEL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7516Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lemars Mun
N7516YRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2023 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.