- Date
- August 13, 1966
- Place
- Borger, TX · BORGER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5939PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2065 66/8/13 BORGER TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1000 TIME - 1720 N5939P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUTCHINSON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5939P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hutchinson County
N5939PRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2023 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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