- Date
- October 13, 1972
- Place
- Alabaster, AL · ALABASTER, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6980YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2739 72/10/13 ALABASTER,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 3 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N6980Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 44, 9587 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 713 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALABASTER,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shelby County
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