Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-30-160R N7866Y

4 August 1988 · Chantilly, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1988 at about 16:58 local time, a Piper PA-30-160R registered N7866Y was involved in an accident near Chantilly, Virginia, United States. 2 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 16:58
Classification
Accident
Location
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport
Dulles (IAD)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-30-160R
Registration
N7866Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Front Royal → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
BFO88LA072

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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