# NTSB CHI69F0085: Piper PA-30, N7656Y, Clinton, IL, July 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 8, 1968
- Place: Clinton, IL · CLINTON, IL
- Location: 40.1470° N, 88.9630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1470&lon=-88.9630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0085
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0085

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1983   68/7/8    CLINTON,ILL         PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1353                    N7656Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 57, 5150 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            275 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THORP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- TAIL WIND 15 KNOTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7656Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7656Y-2015-09-09), registration cancelled 2015-09-09, S/N 30-734, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Thorp

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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