- Date
- May 8, 1975
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N43427Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750508011449A
- Case key
- 148542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0870 75/5/8 PEORIA,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1425 N43427 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 4462 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT HAWLEY AUX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLANNED LOW PASS OVER COMPANY PLTS ON GND.R WING STRUCK GND & SEPARATED IN STEEP R BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43427
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt Hawley Aux
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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.