# NTSB DEN65A0057: Culver LFA, N41729, Maricopa, AZ, February 18, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 18, 1965
- Place: Maricopa, AZ · MARICOPA, AZ
- Location: 33.0581° N, 112.0476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maricopa, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-112.0476&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 20, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65A0057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0428  65/2/18    MARICOPA ARIZ       CULVER LFA          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2100
        TIME - 1555                    N41729              PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MARICOPA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41729](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41729), registered now, S/N 450, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- Registry model: [Culver LFA](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa) (registry code 8730204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Maricopa

## Other investigations on N41729 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX93LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA349), Sep 11, 1993: Culver LFA (N41729), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the airport management's failure to provide notice of the banner operation and to close the runway. An additional cause was the banner operator's failure to ensure that the runway on which he placed…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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