- Date
- May 2, 1980
- Place
- Hays, KS · HAYS, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47347Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800502012129A
- Case key
- 130829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1196 80/5/2 HAYS,KS PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1635 N47347 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 27, 5026 TOTAL HOURS, 28 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYS,KS LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47347
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hays Muni
N47347Registered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N47347 · 1
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