DIA69F0071

NTSB accident investigation · Navion L-17A · Edgewood, MD · September 15, 1968

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 15, 1968
Place
Edgewood, MD · EDGEWOOD, MD
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N333PNavion L-17A
Status
Completed · report November 5, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
108251

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3110  68/9/15    EDGEWOOD,MD         NAVION L-17A        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 139
        TIME - 1245                    N333P               PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIDE AAF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

Aircraft

Registration
N333P
Reported as
Navion L-17A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Weide Aaf

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.