- Date
- January 11, 1976
- Place
- Beloit, WI · BELOIT, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55577Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760111005659A
- Case key
- 152349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0128 76/1/11 BELOIT,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 207 TIME - 1943 N55577 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELOIT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBUQUE,IA BELOIT,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55577
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beloit
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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.