# Accident 19970512012919A: Piper PA28181, Grayslake, IL, May 12, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Grayslake, IL
- Airport: Campbell Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3396° N, 88.0294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3396&lon=-88.0294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8309L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8309L-2017-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 8 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512012919A

## Narrative

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

(4.)THE PILOT STATED THAT ON HIS FOURTH LANDING, DURING A SERIES OF NIGHT TOUCH AND GO'S, HE 'FLARED THE PLANE AND IT 'FLOATED' FOR A LONG TIME.' WITH THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROACHING THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY. THE PILOT WROTE 'I TRIED TO TURN INTO THE TAXIWAY AT THE RUNWAY'S END, BUT WAS GOING TOO FAST TO MAKE THE TURN.'  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE TAXIWAY, COMING TO REST IN A 'NOSE DOWN' ATTITUDE IN A SMALL CANAL OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. AFTER EXITING THE AIRPLANE THE PILOT REPORTED 'I NOTICED A STRONG WIND DIRECTLY FROM THE EAST AND OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK STANDING OUT WITH A BEND OF APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES.'                     (-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND FAILED TO NOTICE A WIND SHIFT AS INDICATED BY THE UNLIGHTED WINDSOCK.  PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT LONG AND ROLLED OFF THE END OF 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 CHI97LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA130), May 13, 1997: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Grayslake, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of the aircraft's speed and runway distance available. Factors were an off-field ditch and a tailwind condition.

## Other reports on N8309L (1)

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

- [Accident 20140322002669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322002669A), Mar 22, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Safety Harbor, FL, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. Pilot and two female passengers in the back seat of N8309L departed campbell airport, IL (C81) at 19:19 EDT on March 21, 2014. He put 9.4 gal. Of fuel and one…

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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