Piper PA-28-181 N75238
16 June 2001 · Bloomington, Illinois, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 16 June 2001 at about 16:12 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N75238 was involved in an accident near Bloomington, Illinois, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:12
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bloomington, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Central Illinois Regional (BMI)
- Coordinates
- 40.4694, -88.9690
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-181
- Registration
- N75238
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bloomington → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI01LA166
People
4 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the visual approach for landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was flying a visual approach runway 20 at Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI). He said that everything was normal until short final when the airplane began a descent that resulted in the collision with the ground, short of the runway. The pilot said he didn't know why the accident occurred, but thought that a downdraft might have forced the aircraft towards the ground. The pilot said that he added power to arrest the descent, but it happened very rapidly. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies. The weather at BMI, reported 3 minutes after the accident occurred, was clear skies, 10 miles visibility, winds 220 degrees at 15 knots, and an altimeter setting of 30.11 inches of Mercury.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2001 | Piper PA-28-180 | Mansfield, Ohio, United States | Monroe Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-28-235 | Crestline, Kansas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-28-161 | Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-28-181 | Sedona, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 2001 | Piper PA-28-181 | Lytle Creek, California, United States | Air Desert Pacific | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-28-RT201 | Manassas, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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