41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 19, 1988 · 13:34 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Merrill C Meigs
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56024
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
447 total35 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Directional control on landing. Veered off side of runway. Nose gear collapsed and prop hit ground.
As the FAA filed it
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROP HIT GROUND.