- Date
- November 4, 1975
- Place
- Polo, IL · POLO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9381NPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751104037309A
- Case key
- 151577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3455 75/11/4 POLO,IL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2115 N9381N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 1278 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 120 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RADIO RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POLO,IL CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9381N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Radio Ranch
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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.