- Date
- March 1, 1974
- Place
- Fairbury, NE · FAIRBURY, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7729PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740301004179A
- Case key
- 187109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0209 74/3/1 FAIRBURY,NEBR PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 236 TIME - 1500 N7729P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR FAIRBURY,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PLT RTRCTD GR INSTEAD OF FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7729P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairbury
N7729PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 N7729P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI97LA132Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCorrectionville, IAthe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, while taxiing, which resulted in loss of aircraft control, an encounter with terrain, and subsequent failure of the left main landing gear. The unfavorable wind condition was a related factor.NTSB MKC72DCJ31Accident · No injuriesClosedFremont, NE