# Accident 19890312007739A: Piper PA34200T, West Chicago, IL, March 12, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1989, 17:29 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3045M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3045M-2006-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,047 total, 270 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890312007739A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO FLARE ON LANDING, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AS IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI89LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA060), Mar 12, 1989: Piper PA-34-200T (N3045M), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT. THE CROSSWIND (QUARTERING HEADWIND) WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N3045M (1)

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

- [Incident 19911019055209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911019055209I), Oct 19, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N3045M), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently taxied off taxiway and struck a taxiway light with one propeller.

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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