- Date
- September 11, 1968
- Place
- Westfield, MA · WESTFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6591YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2464 68/9/11 WESTFIELD,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1235 N6591Y PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 31, 1263 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6591Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barnes
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