Piper PA-30 N8120Y
6 December 1969 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 6 December 1969 at about 17:17 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8120Y, operated by Wicks Piper OR, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:17
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30
- Registration
- N8120Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Wicks Piper OR
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 3-3709
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
LDG GR TRANS JACK SCREW FOUND 3/4IN FROM FULL EXTDD PSN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-30 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Greeley, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 19 Nov 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Jackson, Mississippi, United States | JIM Hankens AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Enterprise, Alabama, United States | Enterprise Fly | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Masaryktown, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Kenova, West Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1969 | Piper PA-30 | Northbrook, Illinois, United States | GS Flyveskol | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |