- Date
- July 7, 1980
- Place
- Lacon, IL · LACON, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5796WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1048 80/7/7 LACON,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N5796W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 1527 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 205 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARSHALL CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACON,IL MT.HAWLEY,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: DISTRIBUTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 84 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- #4 TOWER ON DISTRBTR CRACKED-GROUNDED,#3 IGN LEAD DEAD OPEN CIRCUIT.APPROX 118LBS OVER G/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5796W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marshall Co.
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