- Date
- May 2, 1976
- Place
- Fairbury, IL · FAIRBURY, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7821WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760502011159A
- Case key
- 153533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0870 76/5/2 FAIRBURY,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0920 N7821W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 876 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOEMBEL RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BLOOMINGTON,IL RETURN FAIRBURY,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7821W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goembel Rla
N7821WRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.