- Date
- March 21, 1965
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4537PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0861 65/3/21 WHEELING ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 2000 TIME - 1335 N4537P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4537P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
N4537PRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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