# Accident 19941016034879A: Piper PA28161, Chicago/West Ch, IL, October 16, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1994, 13:41 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8700° N, 88.1503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8700&lon=-88.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9089U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9089U-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 6 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941016034879A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED GOING DOWN TO ATC. DOVE NEAR VERTICAL TO IMPACT. TRIM FULL DOWN. CLUES POINT TO ACCIDENT AS SUICIDAL.

## 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 CHI95FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA012), Oct 16, 1994: Piper PA-28-161 (N9089U), Winfield, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: COLLISION WITH THE GROUND FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. THE PILOT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION WAS A PROBABLE FACTOR.

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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