- Date
- February 2, 1968
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1111PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0253 68/2/2 HOBBS,N MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 2500 TIME - 1425 N1111P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBBS LEA COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1111P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobbs Lea County
N1111PRegistration cancelled Jun 19, 2017 · Piper PA-23-150Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.