- Date
- August 18, 1968
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4285PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3665 68/8/18 WHEELING,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1829 N4285P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 1786 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SAYS LEFT ENG LOST POWER,UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SINGLE ENG FLT. ENG INSPECT SHOWED NO MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4285P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
N4285PRegistration cancelled May 18, 2018 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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