- Date
- August 2, 1983, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsfield, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N111BTPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802037849A
- Case key
- 12289
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on a personal flt with a passenger on board. During arrival, he landed on rwy 25 (1700 ft long) with a x-wind from 160 deg at 8 KTS. He reported that the landing was made on his 2nd attempt, but he did not get on the ground soon enough to successfully stop. The acft continued off the end of the rwy & struck a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111BT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1127
- Airframe hours
- 1,357
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elza C. Lacy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1982 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 59IL · Maple Park, IL
- Airport
- K97 · Pittsfield, runway 25, 1,700 × 50 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 10 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 5 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.