- Date
- September 20, 1969
- Place
- Elliot, IL · ELLIOT, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N463CCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3954 69/9/20 ELLIOT,ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 851 TIME - 1020 N463CC PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIBSON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,W VA ELLIOT,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT DESCENDED INTO 8-9FT CORN NEAR END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N463CC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gibson City
N463CCRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2021 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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