- Date
- January 27, 1971
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N441RVPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0286 71/1/27 GARY,IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 6500 TIME - 1915 N441RV PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA GARY,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- WIND GUSTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441RV
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gary
N441RVRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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