- Date
- January 25, 1970
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3478WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0491 70/1/25 WHEELING,ILL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N3478W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 1855 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 302 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,ILL WHEELING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3478W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
N3478WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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