- Date
- March 15, 1970
- Place
- Albany, NY · ALBANY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7169YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4605 70/3/15 ALBANY,NY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 366 TIME - 1942 N7169Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- BOTH GEN BELTS LOOSE,BATT DISCHRGD.PLT DID NOT USE EMRGNCY GR EXTNTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7169Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albany
N7169YRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N7169Y · 2
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