# Accident 19980917024929A: Piper PA22108, Chicago/Schaumb, IL, September 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1998, 11:50 local time
- Place: Chicago/Schaumb, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6203° N, 89.0416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6203&lon=-89.0416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4749Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4749Z-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980917024929A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY. (.19)ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1998, AT 1150 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-108, N4749Z, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AT THE ROCK COUNTY AIRPORT, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, AT 1100 CDT.                                                          (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1998 AT 1150 CDT A PIPER PA22-108, N4749Z REGISTERED AND FLOWN BY PHILIP A. CAPONE LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AT ROCK CO. AIRPORT, JANESVILLE, WI WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  MR. CAPONE WAS ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SCHAMBURG, IL ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1998 AT 1100 CDT.

## 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 CHI98LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA350), Sep 17, 1998: Piper PA-22-108 (N4749Z), Janesville, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to land the airplane at a proper touchdown point on the runway. A factor was the excessive rate of descent which developed on final approach.

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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