# NTSB CHI76AC020: Piper PA-24, N5820P, Elburn, IL, September 2, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 2, 1975
- Place: Elburn, IL · ELBURN, IL
- Location: 41.8860° N, 88.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elburn, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8860&lon=-88.4609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 4, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151943
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI76AC020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5820P-1976-03-04), registration cancelled 1976-03-04, S/N 24-901 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Dupage County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750902041679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750902041679A), Sep 2, 1975: Piper PA24250, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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