- Date
- May 6, 1971
- Place
- Lansing, IL · LANSING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95472Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1496 71/5/6 LANSING,ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N95472 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-HAMMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,ILL LOCAL 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95472
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Hammond
N95472Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N95472 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA10CA006Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportGainesboro, TNThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. Contributing to the accident were the rising terrain and night light conditions.NTSB CHI88LA211Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHobart, INWhile on a solo instructional flight for the purpose of practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings, the student pilot failed to adequately compensate for the crosswind and experienced a loss of directional control shortly after the aircraft touched down. The…