- Date
- July 5, 1981
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8912DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810705037989A
- Case key
- 125441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1158 81/7/5 WEST CHICAGO,IL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1200 N8912D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 44, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRING VALLEY FRM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PLATO CENTER,IL WEST CHICAGO,IL ORFORDVILLE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- R MAIN GEAR HIT FENCE POST,CONTD FLYING,DIVERTED TO DUPAGE ARPT,FURTHER DMG DRG LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8912D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spring Valley Frm
N8912DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.