- Date
- March 6, 1978
- Place
- Monee, IL · MONEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8665YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780306024189A
- Case key
- 143463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2287 78/3/6 MONEE,IL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2501 TIME - 1500 N8665Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANGER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEKALB,IL MONEE,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) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8665Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sanger
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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.