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Offline BritishPilot

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Piper Aztec Gear Failure at Lexington, Kentucky
« on: February 29, 2008, 14:43:45 UTC »
An Aztec had a gear failure on takeoff at KLEX last night.  I tried to find the audio but to no avail.

Is the time of 2343 in Zulu or local?!


Here is the initial report:

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: UNK        Make/Model: PA27      Description: PA-23-235/250 Aztec, Turbo Aztec (U-11,
  Date: 02/28/2008     Time: 2343

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: LEXINGTON   State: KY   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, A PIPER PA27G, ON DEPARTURE ROLL, GEAR
  COLLAPSED, LEXINGTON, KY

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: 2354Z 18003 10SM CLR 01/M07 A3024

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Take-off      Operation: OTHER




Offline flightops1272

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Re: Piper Aztec Gear Failure at Lexington, Kentucky
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 19:09:55 UTC »
Normally FAA/NTSB reports are in Zulu time unless otherwise indicated by "L" or "Local" after the time. The weather report indicates Z time.