- Date
- September 20, 1971
- Place
- Rock Falls, IL · ROCK FALLS, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9065PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0022 71/9/20 ROCK FALLS,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 481 TIME - 1140 N9065P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESIDE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HINSDALE,ILL FT.WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- BATTERY DEPLETED.ACFT STARTED WITH AUX PWR.HAD IN FLT ELEC FAILURE.DIDNT KNOW EMER GR EXTENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9065P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Whiteside County
N9065PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.