- Date
- July 29, 1980
- Place
- Pontiac, IL · PONTIAC, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8714CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800729034139A
- Case key
- 130028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1763 80/7/29 PONTIAC,IL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 148 TIME - 1730 N8714C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PULLIAM RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PONTIAC,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,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8714C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pulliam Rla
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8714C · 1
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