- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Grayslake, IL · GRAYSLAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5320PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2932 71/8/7 GRAYSLAKE,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 503 TIME - 0800 N5320P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYSLAKE,ILL AURORA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- FAILED TO CHECK POSITION OF LDG GR CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5320P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell
N5320PRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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