# NTSB UNK64X0694: Grumman G73, N2947, Frankfort, IN, February 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 26, 1964
- Place: Frankfort, IN · FRANKFORT, IN
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 31, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119747
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0694
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0694

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0045  64/2/26    FRANKFORT IND       GRUMMAN G73         CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 7600
        TIME - 1000                    N2947               PX-  0  0  3  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLINTON COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD                            LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2947 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G73
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Clinton County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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