ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376492
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 August 1985 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 |
| Owner/operator: | William Boucher |
| Registration: | N7982Y |
| MSN: | 30-1083 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4900 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING 320-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hollister, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Hillsboro, OR (KHIO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT AND GND WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEARS. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. ALL OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION PUSH PULL TUBES REMAINED ATTACHED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTACH FITTINGS. THE NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL TUBE AND ITS ATTACH BOLT WERE BENT TO THE LEFT. THE TRANSMISSION ASSY SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNTING BRACKET AND WAS FOUND ON THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE LND GEAR MOTOR OPERATED NORMALLY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX85LA347
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 1986 | N7982Y | Bill Boucher | 0 | Pacific Ocean, 2 miles off Oceanside, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 29-Mar-2024 16:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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