- Date
- May 17, 1964
- Place
- Utica, IL · UTICA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4603PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1300 64/5/17 UTICA ILL PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 300 TIME - 1330 N4603P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STARVED ROCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISC-DOOR LATCH ACTUATING ROD BENT. REMARKS- DOOR OPENED ON TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4603P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Starved Rock
N4603PRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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