# Accident 19781216039389A: Piper PA30, Kankakee, IL, December 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1978
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Greater Kankakee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.0714° N, 87.8463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREATER KANKAKEE (IKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0714&lon=-87.8463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8143Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8143Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEE16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216039389A

## Narrative

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

GEAR RETRACTION TUBE,P/N 2101203,BROKEN

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79FEE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEE16), Dec 16, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N8143Y), Kankakee, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8143Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20260614007379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260614007379A), Jun 14, 2026: Piper PA-30 (N8143Y), Meridian, MS, Substantial damage. Accident occurred on 06-15-2026 at approximately 0040 UTC. A Piper PA30 twin comanchee) flown by PIC declared an emergency when left engine quit. The aircraft…

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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