- Date
- July 13, 1976
- Place
- Columbia, SC · COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9374PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760713018629A
- Case key
- 153975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1532 76/7/13 COLUMBIA,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 800 TIME - 1820 N9374P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METROPLN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9374P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia Metropln
N9374PRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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