# NTSB CHI67A0075: Piper PA-24, N5578P, Quincy, IL, December 16, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 16, 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0075
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0075

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4367  66/12/16   QUINCY ILL          PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 250
        TIME - 1222                    N5578P              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - QUINCY MUNI.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
        REMARKS- DIRT AND MUD ON LNDG GR AND IN WHEEL WELL PREVENTED GR EXTSN.PLTS STATED GR LIGHTS ON,NO WARN HORN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5578P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5578P-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 24-642 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Quincy Muni.

## Other investigations on N5578P (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 NYC69A0026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0026), Sep 2, 1968: Piper PA-24 (N5578P), Dallas, PA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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