- Date
- December 7, 1972
- Place
- Joliet, IL · JOLIET, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6500DPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3855 72/12/7 JOLIET,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2511 TIME - 2100 N6500D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 356 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOLIET MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOLIET,ILL CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- ABORTED TKOK WITH INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6500D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joliet Muni
N6500DRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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