- Date
- August 17, 1968
- Place
- Hillsboro, IL · HILLSBORO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4694TSmith Mini
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4674 68/8/17 NR.HILLSBORO,ILL SMITH MINI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 700 TIME - 0930 N4694T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO CORRECT FOR DRIFT DURING APCH. LANDED IN WEED COVERED AREA ALONGSIDE RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4694T
- Reported as
- Smith Mini
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage