# NTSB OAK72FXQ20: Handly-Page HP137, N10DG, S.Lk Tahoe, CA, January 27, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1972
- Place: S.Lk Tahoe, CA · S.LK TAHOE, CA
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72FXQ20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FXQ20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0293  72/1/27    S.LK TAHOE,CALIF    HANDLY-PAGE HP137   CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1740                    N10DG               PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 41, 4300 TOTAL HOURS, 650
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SO.LAKE TAHOE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          S.LK TAHOE,CALIF            SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N10DG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HANDLY-PAGE HP137
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: So.Lake Tahoe

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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