- Date
- October 18, 1965
- Place
- Twin Bridges, MT · TWIN BRIDGES, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6380Piper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3682 65/10/18 TWIN BRIDGES MONT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1600 TIME - 0730 N6380 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN BRIDGES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- GEAR DAMAGED DURING TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6380
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twin Bridges
N6380Registration cancelled Oct 21, 2023 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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