- Date
- April 4, 1970
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7757RBeech 36
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140541
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0455 70/4/4 GARY,IND BEECH 36 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N7757R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WIS GARY,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT CONCRETE BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757R
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gary
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