- Date
- March 21, 1965
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8005WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179140
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0976 65/3/21 WHEELING ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N8005W PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION AGE 58, 7025 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGOLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8005W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicagoland
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Other investigations on N8005W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI89LA137Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChippewa Falls, WIThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting to land in crosswind conditions. During the ensuing aborted landing, the pilot failed to ensure adequate obstacle clearance and the aircraft's left wing struck the wind sock pole.NTSB CHI78DER02Accident · No injuriesClosedAmery, WI