# Accident 19841026058659A: Piper PA28181, Joliet, IL, October 26, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1984, 22:25 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Park District
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5092° N, 88.1800° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5092&lon=-88.1800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30675 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 3 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841026058659A

## Narrative

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

UNSUCCESSFUL APPROACH BELOW MINIMUMS. RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING ATC STEER. STRUCK TREES. PIC HAD SUFFERED VERTIGO.

## 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 CHI85FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA031), Oct 27, 1984: Piper PA-28-181 (N30675), Joliet, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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