# Accident 19791004030909A: Piper PA28140, Kankakee, IL, October 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Gr Kankakee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54386, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54386-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791004030909A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWIND,VEERED OFF RWY.STARTED GO AROUND,STALLED ACFT OVER RAMP.HIT PARKED ACFT.

## 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 CHI80FEE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE01), Oct 4, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N54386), Kankakee, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N54386 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740825028729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740825028729A), Aug 25, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N54386), Ogallala, NE, Substantial damage. Student plt in left seat. Wind gusting 20K.

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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