- Date
- December 12, 1981
- Place
- Gibson City, IL · GIBSON CITY, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N235PAPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811212080429A
- Case key
- 122889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3042 81/12/12 GIBSON CITY,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N235PA PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIBSON CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BLOOMINGTON,IL LAFAYETTE,IN GIBSON CITY,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N235PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gibson City Muni
N235PARegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine 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.