- Date
- April 15, 1972
- Place
- Marathon, FL · MARATHON, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7256YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1482 72/4/15 MARATHON,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2488 TIME - 1536 N7256Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARATHON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARATHON,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7256Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marathon