- Date
- July 24, 1971
- Place
- Wapella, IL · WAPELLA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8242NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2629 71/7/24 WAPELLA,ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 251 TIME - 1530 N8242N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THORP RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAPELLA,ILL BLOOMINGTON,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- HELD FULL UP ELEV DRG SHORT FIELD TKOF FRM 1800FT GRASS RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8242N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thorp Rla
N8242NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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