- Date
- April 28, 1973
- Place
- S.Weymouth, MA · S.WEYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8430PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730428010109A
- Case key
- 190415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1364 73/4/28 S.WEYMOUTH,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N8430P PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 39, 5141 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 169 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH WEYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.WEYMOUTH,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- GR SWITCH IN CTR-OFF PSN.PILOT PLACED GR SELECTOR SWITCH IN UP PSN,THOUGHT SWITCH IN DWN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8430P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Weymouth
N8430PRegistration cancelled May 21, 2015 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N8430P · 1
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