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Piper PA-22 N3027Z

4 July 1979 · St Charles, Illinois, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 4 July 1979 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N3027Z was involved in an accident during in flight near St Charles, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:30
Classification
Accident
Location
St Charles, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport
Dupage County
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-22
Registration
N3027Z
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Morris, Il → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-3522

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL .056%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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