- Date
- September 12, 1981
- Place
- Polo, IL · POLO, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6250CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810912059209A
- Case key
- 123466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2738 81/9/12 POLO,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N6250C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 413 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 111 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENTRY RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENCOE,MN POLO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- LANDED AT WRONG A/P.EXPECTED LONGER R/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6250C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gentry Rla
N6250CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-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.