- Date
- July 2, 1969
- Place
- Redlands, CA · REDLANDS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4694PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2070 69/7/2 REDLANDS,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N4694P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 23, 1372 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDLANDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED JUST BEFORE ROTATION. ACFT WENT PAST END OF RWY ONTO ROUGH AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4694P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redlands
N4694PRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4694P · 1
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