UNK64X1628

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA23 · Abilene, TX · May 5, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 5, 1964
Place
Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N4367PPiper PA23
Status
Completed · report September 17, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184956

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1171   64/5/5    ABILENE TEX         PIPER PA23          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1222                    N4367P              PX-  0  0  2  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 32, 4086 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ABILENE MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
          PERSONNEL-PAX INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR.

Aircraft

Registration
N4367P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Abilene Municipal

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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