Piper PA-34-200 N56676

Summary

On 8 November 1999 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 registered N56676, operated by Douglas Aviation, was involved in an accident near Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 November 1999 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Olive Branch (OLV)

Coordinates

34.9503, -89.8197

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200

Registration

N56676

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Douglas Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA023

Nobody was injured.

The private-rated student pilots inadvertent retraction of the main landing gear during a touch-and-go landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructors improper supervision of the dual student.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The CFI and private -rated student pilot were conducting touch-and-go landings. After touch down the dual student retracted the flaps and reached for the landing gear instead of the throttles. The CFI yelled 'no', the dual student released the landing gear handle and added full power. The right main landing gear retracted, the airplane yawed to the right and stopped in the grass.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.