# NTSB UNK64X1980: Piper PA23, N5090Y, Millinocket, ME, May 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 27, 1964
- Place: Millinocket, ME · MILLINOCKET, ME
- Location: 45.6592° N, 68.6981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millinocket, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6592&lon=-68.6981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183740
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1980
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1980

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1446  64/5/27    MILLINOCKET ME      PIPER PA23          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1275
        TIME - 1815                    N5090Y              PX-  0  0  4  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLINOCKET
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5090Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5090Y-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 272110 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Millinocket

## Other investigations on N5090Y (2)

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.

- [NTSB NYC70A0061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70A0061), Dec 10, 1969: Piper PA-23 (N5090Y), Passadumkeag, ME, destroyed, 3 fatal
- [NTSB NYC69A0094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0094), Apr 18, 1969: Piper PA-23 (N5090Y), Portland, ME, substantial damage

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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