- Date
- November 23, 1973
- Place
- Delavan, WI · DELAVAN, WI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16327Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731123041679A
- Case key
- 187389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4115 73/11/23 DELAVAN,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 213 TIME - 2005 N16327 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE LAWN LODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,ILL DELAVAN,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-FAA INADEQUATE OBST CLNC GUIDANCE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 60FT TREES APCH PATH RWY 18.ARPT OPEN,NITE OPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16327
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Lawn Lodge
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.