- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Kankakee, IL · KANKAKEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6116HPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704030099A
- Case key
- 140289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2772 78/7/4 KANKAKEE,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N6116H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANKAKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL KANKAKEE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- COLLIDED W/EDGE OF R/W.RESURFACED R/W IS 1FT ABOVE GRASS AREA OF AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6116H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kankakee
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6116H · 1
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