# NTSB CHI67D0664: Aero Comdr 560A, N2761B, Kankakee, IL, March 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 18, 1967
- Place: Kankakee, IL · KANKAKEE, IL
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67D0664
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0664-201142

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0902  67/3/18    KANKAKEE,ILL        AERO COMDR 560A     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 403
        TIME - 1330                    N2761B              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER KANKAKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2761B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2761B-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 442 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 560A
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (registry code 0141404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Greater Kankakee

## Other investigations on N2761B (3)

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 MIA69A0059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0059), Mar 29, 1969: Aero Comdr 560-A (N2761B), Crossville, TN, destroyed, 5 fatal
- [NTSB UNK64X4014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4014), Sep 17, 1964: Aero Cmdr 560A (N2761B), Torrance, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X0933](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0933), Mar 15, 1964: Aero Comman 560A (N2761B), Chino, CA, substantial damage

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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