# NTSB MIA73FKJ30: Piper PA-23, N6980Y, Alabaster, AL, October 13, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1972
- Place: Alabaster, AL · ALABASTER, AL
- Location: 33.2144° N, 86.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alabaster, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2144&lon=-86.8231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73FKJ30
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKJ30

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6980Y-1975-01-07), registration cancelled 1975-01-07, S/N 27-4348 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:  Shelby County

## Other investigations on N6980Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD75AI023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI023), Oct 13, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N6980Y), Bryson City, NC, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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