- Date
- February 16, 1964
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6579PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0378 64/2/16 CHAMBLEE GA PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 232 TIME - 1300 N6579P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- PHASE OF OPERATION WAS TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF ROLL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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