- Date
- April 8, 1965
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3071PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0602 65/4/8 TUCSON ARIZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 3599 TIME - 2000 N3071P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1299 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3071P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tucson Int
N3071PRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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