- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- Northbrook, IL · NORTHBROOK, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7083PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2987 66/10/8 NORTHBROOK ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 372 TIME - 1500 N7083P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 202 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL STRUCK DEPRESSION IN OVERRVN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7083P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
N7083PRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N7083P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.