- Date
- March 25, 1974
- Place
- Lansing, IL · LANSING, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5487TPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740325006959A
- Case key
- 186390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0729 74/3/25 LANSING,ILL PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 638 TIME - 0906 N5487T PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO LANSING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,ILL LANSING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER REMARKS- WND GUSTING 25K.R GR STRUCK ANGLE IRON WHICH HELD BREAK-AWAY RWY LGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5487T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago Lansing
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.