Piper PA-24-180 N5548P

Summary

On 26 April 1983 at about 14:50 local time, a Piper PA-24-180 registered N5548P was involved in an accident near Platteville, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 April 1983 at 14:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Platteville, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Platteville (C46)

Coordinates

42.7297, -90.4693

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-180

Registration

N5548P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA188

Nobody was injured.

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

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RWY 27 IN X-WIND CONDITIONS. THE RWY WAS 2200 FT LONG & WAS WET FROM LIGHT RAIN. AFTER MAKING 2 GO-AROUNDS, A LANDING WAS MADE ON THE 3RD APCH. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE BRAKING WAS POOR TO NIL. BY THE TIME HE CRESTED THE TOP OF A HIGH POINT ON THE RWY, HE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ROOM REMAINING TO GO AROUND OR STOP ON THE LANDING AREA. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY & WENT INTO A RAVINE. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 18, GUSTING 21 KTS. AT MADISON, WI, THE 0800 CDT WIND WAS FROM 180 DEG AT 16 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.