- Date
- February 27, 1983, 13:34 local (19:34 UTC)
- Place
- Beloit, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5769FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830227005359A
- Case key
- 11980
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Reportedly, the plt had not flown for 2 or 3 months before his flts on 2/27/83. On that day, he took off & made 5 touch-and-go landings, then stopped for a cup of coffee. The plt then departed again on a 2nd flt. Aprx 1/2 hr later, smoke was observed from the accident site. No calls were made by the plt on the UNICOM frequency prior to the accident. An exam of the accident site revealed that the acft had collided with the branches of 2 trees along a roadway aprx 3400 ft short of the rwy. The roadway was nearly aligned with the centerline of the rwy. Slash marks were found on the tree limbs that were indicative of propeller slashes. There were no leaves on the trees. Airport personnel reported that on previous occasions, pilots had mistaken the roadway for the arpt rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5769F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25073
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Meyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1982 · 89 hours before
- Airport
- 44C · Beloit, runway 25, 2,630 × 165 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 638 total · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.