- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- Smithfield, RI · SMITHFIELD, RI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1QPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0564 71/2/6 SMITHFIELD,RI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1522 TIME - 1545 N1Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N.CENTRAL STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPEDALE,MASS SMITHFIELD,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- DID NOT RETRACT GR AFTR TKOF,FLT MADE WITH GR EXTDD.PWR APCH TO LDG,PLT RETRACTED LDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- N.Central State