- Date
- November 12, 1966
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7730YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4232 66/11/12 BILLINGS MONT PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1250 TIME - 1130 N7730Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN FIELD 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE REMARKS- SLUSH THROWN INTO WHEEL WELLS DURING T/O FROZE AT ALTIDUDE.LNDG GR CRKT BKR TRIPPED DURING GR EXTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7730Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan Field
N7730YRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N7730Y · 1
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