UNK65X0351

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA30 · Columbus, MS · October 20, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 20, 1964
Place
Columbus, MS · COLUMBUS, MS
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7354YPiper PA30
Status
Completed · report December 4, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
186038

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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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3-3270  64/10/20   COLUMBUS MISS       PIPER PA30          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 320
        TIME - 1415                    N7354Y              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBUS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR

Aircraft

Registration
N7354Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Columbus

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.