- Date
- August 17, 1969
- Place
- Kankakee, IL · KANKAKEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7681PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3579 69/8/17 KANKAKEE,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0630 N7681P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER KANKAKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANKAKEE,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- GR WARN HORN INOP,GR IMPROPERLY RIGGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7681P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Kankakee
N7681PRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7681P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL90FA031Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportHelen, GAThe pilot's failure to properly preflight and plan en route refueling stops. The airplane collided with trees during the emergency descent.NTSB DEN86LA221Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlbuquerque, NMThe plt rprtd the acft was refueled to capacity at longmont, CO. Full capacity should have provided at least 3.6 hrs of flying time at normal consumption. After refueling, the acft was flown 1.3 hrs to fowler, CO, where it remained parked for a week. The plt…NTSB UNK64X2310Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCorning, IA