Gary - Gary

On August 14, 1966 at 03:45 PM, Gary - Gary experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 520, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Gary Indiana.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training flight in Gary, Indiana, simulating engine failure. En route, one of the pilot voluntarily cut one of the engine to simulate a failure. After few seconds, he was unable to restart the engine nor to raise the gear and due to an insufficient speed, the airplane stalled and crashed in a gravel pit. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1914, MSN 520-122, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6021°, -87.3371°.