- Date
- July 16, 1972
- Place
- Clinton, IL · CLINTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97104Stinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167298
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2436 72/7/16 CLINTON,ILL STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 380 TIME - 1200 N97104 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 216 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THORPE R.L.A. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELDON ILL CLINTON,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 93 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT APPLIED POWER TO JUMP A CREEK WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97104
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thorpe R.L.A.
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