19850625028229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Kankakee, IL · June 25, 1985

Date
June 25, 1985 · 19:40 local
Place
Kankakee, IL
Airport
Greater Kankakee
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6897C
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85LA255
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
159 total3 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Turned off of the runway onto a grassy area to intercept the taxiway but fell into a grass hidden concrete culvert.

As the FAA filed it

TURNED OFF OF THE RUNWAY ONTO A GRASSY AREA TO INTERCEPT THE TAXIWAY BUT FELL INTO A GRASS HIDDEN CONCRETE CULVERT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.