- Date
- November 16, 1979
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7058PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791116042789A
- Case key
- 132725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3650 79/11/16 CHICAGO,IL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 450 TIME - 1716 N7058P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 425 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,IL CHICAGO,IL 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) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- BTRY FOUND DISCHARGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7058P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midway
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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 N7058P · 2
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