# NTSB MIA67F0287: Piper PA-24, N6128P, Ft.Myers, FL, October 4, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1966
- Place: Ft.Myers, FL · FT.MYERS, FL
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67F0287
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0287

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3831   66/10/4   FT.MYERS FLA        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 264
        TIME - 0802                    N6128P              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        REMARKS- GEAR WAS CYCLED 10 TIMES WITH ACFT POWER AND 3 TIMES MANUALLY.NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6128P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Page Field

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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