# NTSB UNK65X0893: Piper PA-30, N7057Y, Chicago, IL, December 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 1, 1964
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0893
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0893

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0918   64/12/1   CHICAGO ILL         PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1515                    N7057Y              PX-  1  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 36, 4500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            779 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          SMOKE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           28                                                      200
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           15                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- AIRCFT NOT RECOVERED FROM LAKE MICHIGAN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7057Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7057Y-1965-01-26), registration cancelled 1965-01-26, S/N 3068 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Meigs

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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