- Date
- January 27, 1970
- Place
- Loves Park, IL · LOVES PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5679ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0476 70/1/27 LOVES PARK,ILL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1355 N5679Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACHESNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPERVILLE,ILL LOVES PARK,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT RECD LDG INSTRUCTIONS FROM UNIDENTIFIED UNICOM.LND IN DEEP SNOW.NOTAM ON FLD WAS IN EFFECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5679Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Machesney
N5679ZRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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