- Date
- May 5, 1968
- Place
- Michigan City, IN · MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5959PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1202 68/5/5 MICHIGAN CITY,IND PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 6882 TIME - 1230 N5959P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 494 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIGAN CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LNDG GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5959P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michigan City
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