# NTSB FTW66F0102: Piper PA-23, N3404P, Liberty, TX, June 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1965
- Place: Liberty, TX · LIBERTY, TX
- Location: 30.0580° N, 94.7955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberty, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0580&lon=-94.7955&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66F0102
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0102

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1606  65/6/19    LIBERTY TEX         PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1030                    N3404P              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 29, 12000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3404P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3404P-2008-06-30), registration cancelled 2008-06-30, S/N 23-1368, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Liberty

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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