- Date
- June 18, 1980
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81351Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800618021759A
- Case key
- 130483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1690 80/6/18 NR.WEST CHICAGO,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 99 TOTAL TIME - 0120 N81351 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DU PAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE GENEVA,WI SCHAUMBURG,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- MADE GO-AROUND AFT COL W 2 RWY LIGHTS AT UNK ARPT.COL W 2 FUEL PUMPS DURING PKG AT GD VEHICLE LOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81351
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Du Page County
N81351Registration cancelled Feb 22, 2005 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.