- Date
- March 23, 1972
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N948SBPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1229 72/3/23 DES MOINES,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2160 TIME - 1407 N948SB PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,IOWA DES MOINES,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N948SB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
N948SBRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2009 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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