- Date
- April 14, 1964
- Place
- Sterling, IL · STERLING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3016ZPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0931 64/4/14 STERLING ILL PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 23 TOTAL TIME - 0805 N3016Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESIDE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3016Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whiteside County
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