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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Clarksburg, WV · March 11, 1996

Date
March 11, 1996 · 13:29 local
Place
Clarksburg, WV
Airport
Benedum
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N222WR
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC96FA073
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
5,400 total60 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Inadvertent gear retraction prior flight. Damaged tail and fuselage skin. Reported problem on ferry flight. Crashed

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION PRIOR FLIGHT. DAMAGED TAIL AND FUSELAGE SKIN. REPORTED PROBLEM ON FERRY FLIGHT. CRASHED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.