- Date
- October 3, 1978
- Place
- Elgin, IL · ELGIN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44553Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781003037559A
- Case key
- 139214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3466 78/10/3 ELGIN,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 209 TIME - 1905 N44553 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELGIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELGIN,IL WHEELING,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- RIGHT BRAKE LINING EXCESSIVELY WORN DUE TO RUSTED AND PITTED BRAKE DISC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44553
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elgin
N44553Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N44553 · 1
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