- Date
- October 27, 1979
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL · FORT MYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N640CCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791027035119A
- Case key
- 132738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3801 79/10/27 FORT MYERS,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 685 TIME - 1630 N640CC PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT MYERS,FL ATLANTA,GA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED DRG GR RETRACTION AFTER LIFTOFF.FULL TANKS,6 SOB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N640CC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Page Field
N640CCRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N640CC · 1
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