# NTSB LAX68D0190: Piper PA-24, N7839P, Bermda Duns, CA, October 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 18, 1967
- Place: Bermda Duns, CA · BERMDA DUNS, CA
- Location: 33.7435° N, 116.2873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bermuda Dunes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7435&lon=-116.2873&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112743
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0190
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0190

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4010  67/10/18   BERMDA DUNS,CALIF   PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - 0715                    N7839P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BERMUDA DUNES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7839P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7839P-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 24-3061, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes

## Other investigations on N7839P (2)

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.

- [NTSB FTW80FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA126), Sep 29, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N7839P), Hot Springs, AR, destroyed, 4 fatal
- [NTSB UNK69X0111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK69X0111), Feb 20, 1969: Piper PA-24 (N7839P), Santa Rosalia, Mexico, destroyed

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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