- Date
- May 24, 1964
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3742SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1414 64/5/24 WHEELING ILL CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 110 TIME - 1040 N3742S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3742S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palwaukee
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