- Date
- May 27, 1971
- Place
- Mcallen, TX · MCALLEN, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7731PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2406 71/5/27 MCALLEN,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 835 TIME - 1237 N7731P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 604 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCALLEN,TEX DENTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-ACCIDENTLY MOVED GR SWITCH WHILE TAXIING. FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LDG GR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7731P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miller
N7731PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.