# NTSB LAX69F0261: Piper PA-24, N7841P, Goodyear, AZ, January 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1969
- Place: Goodyear, AZ · GOODYEAR, AZ
- Location: 33.4353° N, 112.3582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodyear, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4353&lon=-112.3582&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 6, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0261
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0261

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0750   69/1/4    GOODYEAR,ARIZ       PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 564
        TIME - 1600                    N7841P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX-LITCHFILD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATOR REPORTED CONSIDERABLE WEAR IN NOSE GR RETRACTING MECHANISM.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7841P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Phoenix-Litchfild

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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