- Date
- June 10, 1972
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7883PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2373 72/6/10 CHICAGO,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 64, TIME - 1216 N7883P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 940 TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY WHEELING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- EMERG GR EXTN HANDLE CORRODED,WOULD NOT EXTD FULL PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7883P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Meigs Field
N7883PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7883P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.