- Date
- December 27, 1970
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5257YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3734 70/12/27 OPA LOCKA,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 43, TIME - 1743 N5257Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 1512 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BWI OPA LOCKA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5257Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
N5257YRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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