# NTSB CHI65A0071: Piper PA28, N8709W, El Paso, IL, January 31, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1965
- Place: El Paso, IL · EL PASO, IL
- Location: 40.7405° N, 89.0182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7405&lon=-89.0182&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180491
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0071
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0071

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0046  65/1/31    EL PASO ILL         PIPER PA28          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 77 TOTAL
        TIME - 1853                    N8709W              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          BLOWING SNOW
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           11                                                      180
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           14                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PILOT OCCUPATION-VETERINARIAN.DURING FLIGHT THE RIGHT WING FAILED,DUE TO POSITIVE OVERLOADS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8709W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8709W-1965-04-07), registration cancelled 1965-04-07, S/N 28-10242 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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