# NTSB FTW65D0048: Piper PA-23, N5440Y, La Pryor, TX, April 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 16, 1965
- Place: La Pryor, TX · LA PRYOR, TX
- Location: 28.9491° N, 99.8479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Pryor, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9491&lon=-99.8479&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW65D0048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW65D0048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1108  65/4/16    LA PRYOR TEX        PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1015                    N5440Y              PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 43, 10000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAPARROSA  RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: OTHER
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
        REMARKS- IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF LDG GR RETRACT ROD HYDRAVIC CYLINDER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5440Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5440Y-1983-04-14), registration cancelled 1983-04-14, S/N 272518 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chaparrosa  Ranch

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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