- Date
- August 14, 1966
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1914Aero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1180 66/8/14 GARY,IND AERO COMDR 520 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, TIME - 1545 N1914 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO RESTART LFT ENG(SIMULATED ENG FAILURE) UNABLE TO RAISE GEAR,CRASHED IN GRAVEL PIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1914
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gary
N1914Registration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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