- Date
- January 27, 1980
- Place
- Ankeny, IA · ANKENY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57305Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800127001439A
- Case key
- 131409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1181 80/1/27 ANKENY,IA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 735 TIME - 1410 N57305 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 568 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TODD'S FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLATHE,KS ANKENY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57305
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Todd'S Field
N57305Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.