- Date
- September 19, 1974
- Place
- Fairmont, MN · FAIRMONT, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N11CGPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740919034909A
- Case key
- 138731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3438 74/9/19 FAIRMONT,MINN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N11CG PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 2028 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRMONT,MINN MINNEAPOLIS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- LDG GEAR SWITCH IN UP POSITION ON TKOF RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11CG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairmont
N11CGRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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 N11CG · 2
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