- Date
- September 2, 1975
- Place
- Centralia, IL · CENTRALIA, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4909SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750902029119A
- Case key
- 151045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3257 75/9/2 CENTRALIA,IL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1043 TIME - 1815 N4909S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 384 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTRALIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINE BLUFF,AR CENTRALIA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4909S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Centralia
N4909SRegistered 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.