- Date
- June 5, 1965
- Place
- Pontiac, IL · PONTIAC, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5491WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1929 65/6/5 PONTIAC ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1040 N5491W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5491W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pontiac
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