- Date
- June 13, 1976
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7982YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760613018219A
- Case key
- 154856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2021 76/6/13 RAPID CITY,SD PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0730 N7982Y PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO 41, 4200 TOTAL HOURS, 85 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAPID CITY REGION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,SD PIERRE,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7982Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rapid City Region
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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.
Other investigations on N7982Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX87LA013Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOceanside, CADuring a x-country flt, the plt stated, that just south of los angeles international arpt, the acft's right engine was running rough. At the same time pwr in the left engine began decreasing, then the prop automatically feathered. The plt attempted a re-start…NTSB LAX85LA347Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHollister, CAThe plt and gnd witnesses reported that during the takeoff roll, the nose gear collapsed, followed by the main landing gears. Post-accident investigation disclosed the landing gear control handle was in the down position. All of the landing gear…