- Date
- July 27, 1966
- Place
- Lemont, IL · LEMONT, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3279BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4353 66/7/27 LEMONT ILL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1632 TIME - 1100 N3279B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 690 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIETWIESER RLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR STRUCK WATER STANDING IN LOW SPOT ON DEEP GRASS RUNWAY.PILOTS PRIVATE STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3279B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brietwieser Rla
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Other investigations on N3279B · 2
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