- Date
- July 24, 1966
- Place
- Matteson, IL · MATTESON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7280WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3331 66/7/24 MATTESON ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N7280W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- PILOT BECAME EXCITED WHEN CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT,MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7280W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wings
N7280WRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7280W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.