- Date
- November 21, 1969
- Place
- Watertown, NY · WATERTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8514YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4466 69/11/21 WATERTOWN,NY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0800 N8514Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 61, 25030 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,NY WATERTOWN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- GR HORN SOUNDED, PLT ABORTED. GR PARTIALLY RETRACTED ON TDN.CAUSE OF GR HORN MALFUNCTION UNREPORTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8514Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watertown
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