- Date
- August 4, 1972
- Place
- Sandwich, IL · SANDWICH, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9174PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2853 72/8/4 SANDWICH,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2020 N9174P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 246 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDWICH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,ILL SANDWICH,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 FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- NO RESIDUAL LIGHTING IN AREA. ACFT L MAIN GEAR STRUCK PARTIALLY COVERED ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9174P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sandwich
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