- Date
- March 16, 1972
- Place
- Decatur, AL · DECATUR, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4959PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1531 72/3/16 DECATUR,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3013 TIME - 1445 N4959P PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1870 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRYOR FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN DECATUR,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- DURING LDG ROLL PLT REACHED FOR FLAP HANDLE TO RETRACT FLAPS,INSTEAD PULLED GR HANDLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4959P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pryor Field
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