- Date
- October 17, 1965
- Place
- Lombard, IL · LOMBARD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6762WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3131 65/10/17 LOMBARD ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N6762W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MITCHELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6762W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mitchell
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Other investigations on N6762W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84LA297Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth Liberty, INThe plt had changed departure runway due to shifting winds of 10-15 KTS, electing rwy 18 when wind seemed favorable. On initial climb, aircraft performance was insufficient to clear trees at end of runway. Acft came to rest in trees. Acft manual specifies…NTSB CHI78DEE07Accident · No injuriesClosedSchaumburg, ILNTSB CHI74DEV25Accident · No injuriesClosedRowe, IL