# NTSB LAX71FUA42: Piper PA-24, N7971P, Torrance, CA, January 17, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 17, 1971
- Place: Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71FUA42
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUA42

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4187  71/1/17    TORRANCE,CALIF      PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 507
        TIME - 1248                    N7971P              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LANCASTER,CALIF             TORRANCE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        REMARKS- LDG GR RTRCTN MOTOR TORN FM ITS MOUNTING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7971P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7971P-1976-02-24), registration cancelled 1976-02-24, S/N 24-3208 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Torrance

## Other investigations on N7971P (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 LAX76FUG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUG21), Nov 29, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N7971P), Diamond Bar, CA, destroyed
- [NTSB UNK68X0111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK68X0111), Dec 1, 1967: Piper PA-24 (N7971P), Navojoa, Mexico, incident, minor damage

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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