# NTSB FTW67F0615: Aero Comdr 520, N2605B, Lubbock, TX, May 13, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 13, 1967
- Place: Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117214
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0615
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0615

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1492  67/5/13    LUBBOCK, TEX        AERO COMDR 520      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1730                    N2605B              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 29, 2800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            252 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TOWN AND COUNTRY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK HUMP IN RNWY, TAKEOFF SUCCESSFUL. LEFT GEAR UNLOCKED ON NEXT LNDG- BENT RETRACT ROD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2605B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2605B-2009-10-14), registration cancelled 2009-10-14, S/N 520-117, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 520
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 520](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (registry code 0141202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-435C&D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (registry code 41521, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Town And Country

## Other investigations on N2605B (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL82FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKQ03), Oct 16, 1981: Aero Cmndr 520 (N2605B), Biloxi, MS, destroyed

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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