- Date
- May 8, 1978
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7432YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780508027159A
- Case key
- 141555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2351 78/5/8 FLUSHING,NY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 3297 TIME - 1300 N7432Y PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 282 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7432Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laguardia
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7432Y · 1
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