- Date
- February 1, 1970
- Place
- Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8097TPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0713 70/2/1 MISSOULA,MONT PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 740 TIME - 1030 N8097T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON-BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MONT KALISPELL,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- GR SAFETY SWITCH CHECKED OUT OK DURING INVEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8097T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson-Bell