19820521018079A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28180 · Harrisburg, IL · May 21, 1982

Date
May 21, 1982 · 16:20 local
Place
Harrisburg, IL
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2314T
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,584 total282 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft radio malfunction caused pilot to make precautionary landing on drag strip he thought was airport.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RADIO MALFUNCTION CAUSED PILOT TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON DRAG STRIP HE THOUGHT WAS AIRPORT.