# NTSB FTW70FRJ01: Cessna 401A, N69RH, Tyler, TX, February 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 16, 1970
- Place: Tyler, TX · TYLER, TX
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70FRJ01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70FRJ01

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0022  70/2/16    TYLER,TEX           CESSNA 401A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 662
        TIME - 1106                    N69RH               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POUNDS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HOUSTON,TEX                 TYLER,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69RH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69RH), registered now, S/N 401A-0122 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Registry model: [Cessna 401A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (registry code 207590D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Pounds

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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