- Date
- May 2, 1978
- Place
- East Boston, MA · EAST BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66860Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780502009759A
- Case key
- 142075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1698 78/5/2 EAST BOSTON,MA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1340 N66860 PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 58, 17994 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HYANNIS,MA EAST BOSTON,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66860
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan
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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.