- Date
- April 5, 1976
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N111DJPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760405008839A
- Case key
- 153085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0669 76/4/5 SUGAR GROVE,IL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0820 N111DJ PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 35, 931 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 33 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ROLLED FRM TIE-DOWN PSN WHILE LOOKING FOR APCH CHART.HIT PA-28,N43041,SUBSTANTIAL DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111DJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora Muni
N111DJRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.