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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23 · Chicago/Wheelin, IL · August 16, 1991

Date
August 16, 1991 · 15:30 local
Place
Chicago/Wheelin, IL
Airport
Pal-Waukee Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3111P
Reported as
Piper PA23
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total70 in this make and model150 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.

Lost directional control of aircraft on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway. Hit a sign.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON A CROSSWIND LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A SIGN.