# Incident 19780527040999I: Piper PA28235, West Chicago, IL, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978, 15:14 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8881W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8881W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527040999I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE GEAR TOUCH DOWN ON RIDGE ON RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8881W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870720045049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870720045049I), Jul 20, 1987: Piper PA28235 (N8881W), Jackson Hole, WY. Engine ran rough, lost oil pressure, seized. Landed on a park road. Oil cooler mount was cracked.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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