Piper PA-28 N9060W

18 August 1965 · Culver Ind, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 August 1965 at about 11:30 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N9060W, operated by Skyways Inc, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Culver Ind, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 August 1965 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Culver Ind, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport: Culver
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N9060W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Skyways Inc
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2456

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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NOSE GEAR STRUT FAILED

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2456, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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