- Date
- February 24, 1968
- Place
- Middletown, OH · MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4874PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0432 68/2/24 MIDDLETOWN,OHIO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3947 TIME - 1215 N4874P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOK FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- MAIN CABIN DOOR OPENED ON CLIMB OUT. LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN MALFUNCTIONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4874P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hook Field
N4874PRegistration cancelled Jun 22, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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