- Date
- September 5, 1968
- Place
- Danville, IL · DANVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N524PRPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3541 68/9/5 DANVILLE,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 250 TIME - 1010 N524PR PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERMILLION COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- DOWN LOCK MECHANISM,RT LDG GR,IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED. PN 16235-02 NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N524PR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vermillion County
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