# NTSB DIA69F0071: Navion L-17A, N333P, Edgewood, MD, September 15, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 15, 1968
- Place: Edgewood, MD · EDGEWOOD, MD
- Location: 39.4203° N, 76.2968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4203&lon=-76.2968&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69F0071
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69F0071

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3110  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333P-1968-12-19), registration cancelled 1968-12-19, S/N NAV41074 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION L-17A
- Registry model: [North American NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (registry code 6150130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Weide Aaf

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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