# NTSB MIA71FKJ32: Piper PA-24, N9329P, Wetumpka, AL, December 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 3, 1970
- Place: Wetumpka, AL · WETUMPKA, AL
- Location: 32.5420° N, 86.2053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wetumpka, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5420&lon=-86.2053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71FKJ32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FKJ32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4326   70/12/3   WETUMPKA,ALA        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5400
        TIME - 1355                    N9329P              PX-  0  0  2  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WETUMPKA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MONTGOMERY,ALA              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9329P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9329P), registered now, S/N 24-4827, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wetumpka

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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