- Date
- February 12, 1977
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31CAPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770212038429A
- Case key
- 152430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4183 77/2/12 NR.SUGAR GROVE,IL PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 370 TIME - 1117 N31CA PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,IL PEORIA, IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31CA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aurora
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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.