# NTSB UNK65X0119: Piper PA30, N7178Y, Reading, PA, October 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1964
- Place: Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181367
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0119
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0119

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3095   64/10/3   READING PA          PIPER PA30          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1600
        TIME - 1600                    N7178Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - READING MUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7178Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7178Y-2013-08-06), registration cancelled 2013-08-06, S/N 30-198, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Reading Mun

## Other investigations on N7178Y (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW99FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA222), Aug 16, 1999: Piper PA30 (N7178Y), Holdenville, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff initial climb. Factors were the loss of right engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the…
- [NTSB UNK65X1271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1271), Jan 11, 1965: Piper PA30 (N7178Y), Reading, PA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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