# NTSB MIA65A0097: Lockhead PV-2, N7260C, Laurel, MS, March 28, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 28, 1965
- Place: Laurel, MS · LAUREL, MS
- Location: 31.6899° N, 89.1483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurel, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6899&lon=-89.1483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179797
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0111  65/3/28    LAUREL MISS         LOCKHEAD PV-2       CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 11550
        TIME - 1600                    N7260C              PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 703 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAUREL MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
          LDG GR-MALFUCT OF ANTI-RETRACT SYS-REASON UNDETERM
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7260C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7260C-1970-12-30), registration cancelled 1970-12-30, S/N 37454 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEAD PV-2
- Registry model: [Lockheed PV-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-pv-2) (registry code 5260106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Laurel Municipal

## Other investigations on N7260C (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 MIA70F0040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0040), May 5, 1969: Lockheed PV-2 (N7260C), Sebring, FL, destroyed
- [NTSB MIA65A0102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0102), Apr 17, 1965: Lockheed PV-2 (N7260C), Bainbridge, GA, substantial 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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