- Date
- January 3, 1980
- Place
- Elgin, IL · ELGIN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30100Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800103000019A
- Case key
- 131806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0316 80/1/3 ELGIN,IL PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 5880 TIME - 1430 N30100 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 345 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELGIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHICAGO,IL ELGIN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION REMARKS- R SIDE PAX CABIN DOOR OPENED ON FINAL APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30100
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elgin
N30100Registered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 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.