- Date
- December 3, 1966
- Place
- Geneva, IL · GENEVA, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8178WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4198 66/12/3 GENEVA ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1335 N8178W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DU PAGE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK FENCE.NO MECH MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE ENGINE.MIXTURE CONTROL FOUND IN LEAN POSITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8178W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Du Page County
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