- Date
- October 26, 1973
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7959YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731026036859A
- Case key
- 187804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4003 73/10/26 WATSONVILLE,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N7959Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 8495 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 452 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF WATSONVILLE,CALIF 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- LANDING GEAR RETRACT ARM PN21012-03 FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7959Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville
N7959YRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2003 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 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 N7959Y · 1
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