- Date
- March 17, 1967
- Place
- Alsip, IL · ALSIP, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1485PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0282 67/3/17 ALSIP, ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N1485P PX- 0 1 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 58, 14910 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3597 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN. PLT ALLOWED PROPELLERS TO STRIKE RNWY. ACFT STRUCK CANAL BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1485P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Howell
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