OAK66F0016

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-30 · Concord, CA · June 26, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 26, 1965
Place
Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7638YPiper PA-30
Status
Completed · report August 12, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
177469

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1524  65/6/26    CONCORD CALIF       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1305                    N7638Y              PX-  0  0  1  DUAL                      AGE 29, 2100 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            20 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR

Aircraft

Registration
N7638Y
Reported as
Piper PA-30
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Buchanan

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.