LAX67D0343

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-23 · Oceanside, CA · April 3, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 3, 1967
Place
Oceanside, CA · OCEANSIDE, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2176PPiper PA-23
Status
Completed · report November 27, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
117350

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3049   67/4/3    OCEANSIDE,CALIF     PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 480
        TIME - 1300                    N2176P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR

Aircraft

Registration
N2176P
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Oceanside

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.