# NTSB OAK73FVG64: Piper PA-24, N246D, Vacaville, CA, May 18, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 18, 1973
- Place: Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Location: 38.3586° N, 121.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vacaville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3586&lon=-121.9686&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73FVG64
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FVG64

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1124  73/5/18    VACAVILLE,CALIF     PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1500
        TIME - 1715                    N246D               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1075 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ONTARIO,CALIF               VACAVILLE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT LOWERED GR ON APCH.UNWANTED RETRACT ON LDG.FIRE DMG PRECLUDED REASON FOR RETRACT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N246D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246D-1974-04-19), registration cancelled 1974-04-19, S/N 24-1231 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Nut Tree

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730518015409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730518015409A), May 18, 1973: Piper PA24250, Vacaville, CA, Substantial damage. Plt lowered gr on apch. Unwanted retract on ldg. Fire dmg precluded reason for retract.

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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