- Date
- February 19, 1979
- Place
- Bowman, ND · BOWMAN, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8312YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790219003289A
- Case key
- 137316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0305 79/2/19 BOWMAN,ND PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 565 TIME - 1500 N8312Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWMAN,ND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- ROD END BEARING ON BOTH MLG PUSH/PULL CABLES BENT/BROKEN.ACFT TOWED THROUGH SNOW DRIFTS PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8312Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowman Muni
N8312YRegistration cancelled Apr 21, 2021 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-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.