- Date
- June 27, 1973
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4506PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730627018159A
- Case key
- 190263
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1584 73/6/27 SPRINGFIELD,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1052 N4506P PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 28, 3542 TOTAL HOURS, 43 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,ILL SPRINGFIELD,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- ACFT LDG GR AND SYS CK,DWN-LOCK MECHANISM AND INDICATOR LGTS OK.PROPER CLNC GR ANTI-RETRACT VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4506P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital
N4506PRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4506P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.