- Date
- July 21, 1973
- Place
- Lansing, IL · LANSING, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7261FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730721023409A
- Case key
- 189570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1960 73/7/21 LANSING,ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2575 TIME - 1320 N7261F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-HAMMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIT GUARD RAIL ON APCH END OF RWY 9.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7261F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Hammond
N7261FRegistration cancelled May 11, 2024 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N7261F · 3
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