- Date
- February 12, 1966
- Place
- Elgin, IL · ELGIN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4255PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0695 66/2/12 ELGIN ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1705 N4255P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 37, 6131 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELGIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-NOSE GEAR RETRACTED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4255P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elgin
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