- Date
- December 26, 1965
- Place
- Muncie, IN · MUNCIE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5655YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174674
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3512 65/12/26 MUNCIE IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 750 TIME - 1520 N5655Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNCIE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5655Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muncie
N5655YRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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