ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370094
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| Date: | Thursday 4 August 1988 |
| Time: | 13:58 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160R |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7866Y |
| MSN: | 30-949 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3342 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-320-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chantilly, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Front Royal, VA (KFRR) |
| (KIAD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE INSTR & STU PLT WERE DOING A PRACTICE LANDING ON RWY 27 AT THE FRONT ROYAL AIRPORT WHEN THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED ABOUT 20 FT HIGH. A GO AROUND WAS MADE, HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AFTER TWO FLYOVERS OF THE ARPT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE L MAIN GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE INSTR DECIDED TO FLY TO DULLES INTL ARPT WHERE A LANDING WAS MADE ON THE TWO EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. THE STU WAS A CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PLT WHO WAS PRACTICING FOR A FLIGHT CHECK. HE HAD 11 TOTAL FLT HRS IN THIS ACFT AND THIS WAS HIS SIXTH FLIGHT IN IT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO88LA072
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 07:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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