ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362968
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Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1992 |
Time: | 19:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-22-108 |
Owner/operator: | Martin Moran |
Registration: | N5029Z |
MSN: | 22-8647 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1676 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-C1B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Harvard, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Wonder Lake, IL (10C) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE NOSED OVER IN SOFT ROUGH TERRAIN DURING A LANDING ROLL. THE PILOT DESCRIBED HOW HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SOD RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED WET, SOFT TERRAIN AND THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND NOSED OVER. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED HIGH GRASS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE OBSCURED THE SOFT TERRAIN. HE ALSO SAID LANDING DIRECTLY INTO THE SETTING SUN RESTRICTED HIS VISION.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO ALIGN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI92LA268 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI92LA268
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