- Date
- October 24, 1965
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6871PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3209 65/10/24 CHATTANOOGA TENN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 225 TIME - 1330 N6871P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO CHECK GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION BEFORE STARTING TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6871P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovell
N6871PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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