- Date
- April 26, 1974
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8127YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740426010549A
- Case key
- 186231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0909 74/4/26 RAPID CITY,S DAK PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1450 TIME - 0835 N8127Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAPID CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- LNDG GR JACK SCREW WAS SCREWED OUT 2 1/2 IN TOWARD RTRCT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8127Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rapid City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8127Y · 1
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