# NTSB IAD70FIA05: Piper PA-28, N5589U, Chantilly, VA, February 12, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1970
- Place: Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136253
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70FIA05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70FIA05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0935  70/2/12    CHANTILLY,VA        PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2200                    N5589U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  AGE 45, 641 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            208 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MARTINSBURG,W VA            CHANTILLY,VA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        REMARKS- PLT WAS MAKING PRACTICE ILS,LANDED WO FURTHER DMG.DC-3 LANDED APRXLY 2 MIN PRIOR.R XWIND 3K.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5589U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5589U), registered now, S/N 28-26320, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Dulles

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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