- Date
- April 17, 1974
- Place
- Lansing, IL · LANSING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7536YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740417009689A
- Case key
- 186303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0899 74/4/17 LANSING,ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 455 TIME - 1812 N7536Y PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-HAMMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,ILL LANSING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIT 4FT EMBANKMENT 1FT BENEATH THE TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7536Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Hammond
N7536YRegistration cancelled Nov 3, 2011 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320-B1A
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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 N7536Y · 1
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