- Date
- February 27, 1964
- Place
- Elgin, IL · ELGIN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4784PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0481 64/2/27 ELGIN ILL PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0900 N4784P PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 39, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WHEEL WELL DOORS REMARKS- IMPROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE NOSE WHEEL DOORS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4784P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage