# NTSB CHI66F0712: Piper PA-23, N503GD, Quincy, IL, April 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 28, 1966
- Place: Quincy, IL · QUINCY, IL
- Location: 39.9337° N, 91.3793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quincy, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9337&lon=-91.3793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0712
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0712

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0877  66/4/28    QUINCY ILL          PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0815                    N503GD              PX-  0  0  2  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 46, 9233 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            657 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BALDWIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          LDG GR-RETRACTED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N503GD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Baldwin

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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