# NTSB CHI72DEE39: Piper PA-23, N5511Y, Streator, IL, November 2, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 2, 1971
- Place: Streator, IL · STREATOR, IL
- Location: 41.1250° N, 88.8296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Streator, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1250&lon=-88.8296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 31, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DEE39
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DEE39

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3915   71/11/2   STREATOR,ILL        PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1257
        TIME - 1255                    N5511Y              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STREATOR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICAGO,ILL                 STREATOR,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- COLLIDED W EMBANKMENT 21FT SHORT OF RWY THRESHLD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5511Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5511Y-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N 272607 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Streator

## Other investigations on N5511Y (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX72AL060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72AL060), Jun 3, 1972: Piper PA-23 (N5511Y), So.Lk.Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal
- [NTSB CHI65F0070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0070), Feb 21, 1965: Piper PA-23 (N5511Y), La Porte, IN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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