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CHI86LA118

1986-04-05 · BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHILE WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 35, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED 'EXTREME WIND-SHIFT' & WAS BLOWN ABOUT 550' RGT OF COURSE WITH A 30 KT LOSS OF AIRSPEED (FM 130 TO 100 KTS). HE STATED THE ACFT LOST ABOUT 300', THEN WAS BLOWN BACK ON COURSE WITH AN ADDITIONAL LOSS OF ALTITUDE. SUSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE APCH END OF THE RWY. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE RGT MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT, THE RGT PROP STRUCK THE RWY 9 TIMES & THE RGT WING WAS DAMAGED. THE SURFACE WIND WAS RPRTD TO BE FROM 240 DEG AT 10 KTS WITH NO GUSTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_CHI86LA118.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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