- Date
- May 25, 1979
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6913YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790525027929I
- Case key
- 135564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0005 79/5/25 KANSAS CITY,MO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0740 N6913Y PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 25, 4220 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 232 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO EVANSVILLE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6913Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Kansas City Muni
N6913YRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 2021 · 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.