- Date
- December 23, 1965
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4507KNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3780 65/12/23 HARLINGEN TEX NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 8000 TIME - 1630 N4507K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-GEAR HANDLE INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED REMARKS- PERSON ACTUATED GEAR HANDLE UNKOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4507K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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