- Date
- August 24, 1978
- Place
- New Lenox, IL · NEW LENOX, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41503Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780824028109A
- Case key
- 139428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3538 78/8/24 NEW LENOX,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 26 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N41503 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW LENOX,IL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AFTER STEALING ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41503
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.