- Date
- October 23, 1972
- Place
- Pekin, IL · PEKIN, IL
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78376Aero Comdr 500-A
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3407 72/10/23 NR.PEKIN,ILL AERO COMDR 500-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 758 TIME - 1740 N78376 PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 465 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTINSBURG,PA PEORIA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT CLRD FOR ILS APCH TO REPT OUTER MARKER. REPT NOT RECD BY APCH CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78376
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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