- Date
- March 9, 1970
- Place
- Gruver, TX · GRUVER, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7955PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 70/3/9 GRUVER,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 345 TIME - 1040 N7955P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENTON,TEX GRUVER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DRG INSP AND REPAIR NO CAUSE FOUND FOR GR RETRACT.DMG REPAIRED GR OPERATED OK.WIND GUSTING 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gruver
N7955PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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