- Date
- June 9, 1974
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7698PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740609015289A
- Case key
- 125842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1235 74/6/9 FRESNO,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 8753 TIME - 1830 N7698P PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- ACFT HIT HUMP,BECAME AIRBORNE.PLT RETRACTED GR.ACFT SETTLED TO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7698P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Term
N7698PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7698P · 1
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