- Date
- August 14, 1970
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9118PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3182 70/8/14 WATERLOO,IOWA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 825 TIME - 1518 N9118P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERLOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IOWA EMPORIA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- GR WRNG HORN INOP. GR UP-LIMIT SWITCH IMPROPERLY SET,ALLOWED RETRACTION BEYOND LIMITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9118P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterloo