- Date
- May 3, 1967
- Place
- Bloomington, IN · BLOOMINGTON, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4644PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1414 67/5/3 BLOOMINGTON,IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1170 TIME - 1945 N4644P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HEATER TAIL PIPE HAD HOLE 4 INCHES FROM END. TAXIED ON SOD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4644P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroe County
N4644PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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