# NTSB CHI66D0062: Meyers MAC145, N34364, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1965
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178542
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1623  65/3/14    CHICAGO ILL         MEYERS MAC145       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 420
        TIME - 0930                    N34364              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF RIGHT GEAR SUPPORT TUBE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34364](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34364), registered now, S/N 207, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS MAC145
- Registry model: [Meyers MAC-145](https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-mac-145) (registry code 5650104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Midway

## Other investigations on N34364 (1)

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 UNK64X1567](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1567), May 2, 1964: Meyers MAC145 (N34364), Chicago, IL, 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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