- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Belleville, IL · BELLEVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3284PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625042429A
- Case key
- 140445
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3989 78/6/25 BELLEVILLE,IL PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0556 N3284P PX- 2 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 1388 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 182 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA EAST ST. LOUIS,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT & CREW DEP IL 0805 6/24/78 & DID NOT REC ANY SLEEP UNTIL FLT BACK DEP LA 0200 6/25/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3284P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bi-State Parks
N3284PRegistration cancelled Sep 30, 2023 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.