- Date
- August 22, 1978
- Place
- Princeton, IL · PRINCETON, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101DRPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780822038149A
- Case key
- 139930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3769 78/8/22 PRINCETON,IL PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 157 TIME - 1230 N101DR PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WEST CHICAGO,IL WEST CHICAGO,IL PRINCETON,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101DR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Piper
N101DRRegistered now · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.