# NTSB CHI69F0315: Piper PA-23, N524PR, Danville, IL, September 5, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1968
- Place: Danville, IL · DANVILLE, IL
- Location: 40.1426° N, 87.6107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1426&lon=-87.6107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0315
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0315

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N524PR-1975-10-17), registration cancelled 1975-10-17, S/N 27450 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vermillion County

## Other investigations on N524PR (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76AK020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK020), Sep 18, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N524PR), Mulberry, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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