# NTSB MIA70DLG03: Piper PA-23, N5682Y, Timmonsville, SC, February 9, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1970
- Place: Timmonsville, SC · TIMMONSVILLE, SC
- Location: 34.1329° N, 79.9403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Timmonsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1329&lon=-79.9403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70DLG03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70DLG03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0850   70/2/9    TIMMONSVILLE,SC     PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 2000
        TIME - 1250                    N5682Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGGINS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TIMMONSVILLE,SC            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- NOSE GR RETRACTED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5682Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Huggins

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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