- Date
- March 18, 1970
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6366YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1158 70/3/18 PHOENIX,ARIZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1606 TIME - 1430 N6366Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- LDG GR HANDLE IN UP POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6366Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Harbor