- Date
- May 18, 1966
- Place
- Michigan City, IN · MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2189PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1298 66/5/18 MICHIGAN CITY IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N2189P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 488 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIGAN CITY MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2189P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michigan City Mun
N2189PRegistration cancelled May 18, 2015 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2189P · 2
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