- Date
- May 15, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N260ZPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0005 68/5/15 CHICAGO,ILL PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1759 N260Z PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 28, 2800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 60 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FIRE IGNITED IN FUEL SELECTOR AREA BETWEEN PLT AND CO-PLT POSITIONS.EXTINGUISHED AND LND SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N260Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage