- Date
- February 24, 1980
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND · GRAND FORKS, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5471PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800224003999A
- Case key
- 131453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1331 80/2/24 GRAND FORKS,ND PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 381 TIME - 2235 N5471P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND FORKS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,SD GRAND FORKS,ND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILED IN FLIGHT AND JAMMED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5471P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Forks Intl
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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.