- Date
- April 9, 1978
- Place
- Urbana, IL · URBANA, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1BQPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780409013089A
- Case key
- 142454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1057 78/4/9 URBANA,IL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 113 TIME - 1700 N1BQ PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ILLINI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATTOON,IL URBANA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1BQ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Illini
N1BQRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2014 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.