# NTSB LAX66F0211: Navion A, N9647C, Palm Springs, CA, November 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 10, 1965
- Place: Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 29, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174374
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66F0211
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0211

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3871  65/11/10   PALM SPRINGS CALI   NAVION A            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 604
        TIME - 1000                    N9647C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 540 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACT ASSEMBLY IMPROPERLY RIGGED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9647C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9647C-1994-03-14), registration cancelled 1994-03-14, S/N NAV41088 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION A
- Registry model: [North American NAVION L-17A](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion-l-17a) (registry code 6150134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Palm Springs

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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