- Date
- September 2, 1975
- Place
- Elburn, IL · ELBURN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5820PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750902041679A
- Case key
- 151943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4154 75/9/2 ELBURN,IL PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 586 TIME - 2020 N5820P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 139 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHICAGO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- CRASHED 12MI FRM ARPT DRG STRAIGHT-IN VFR APCH.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 88MG%,GASTRIC CONTENT 561MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5820P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dupage County
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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.