- Date
- June 3, 1976
- Place
- Whitley, IN · WHITLEY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1416CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760603016089A
- Case key
- 153970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1523 76/6/3 WHITLEY,IN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 829 TIME - 1605 N1416C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 473 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTRICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN WHITLEY,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1416C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westrick
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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.