- Date
- March 3, 1980
- Place
- Waynesburg, PA · WAYNESBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7315YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800303004709A
- Case key
- 131444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0917 80/3/3 WAYNESBURG,PA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 2487 TIME - 1550 N7315Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 297 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSTRAVER,PA WAYNESBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDG GEAR CONNECTING ARM,PN 21012-03,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7315Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greene County
N7315YRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7315Y · 1
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