# Incident 19990531022559I: Piper PA28R200, Chicago Heights, IL, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 08:13 local time
- Place: Chicago Heights, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5107° N, 87.6341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago Heights, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5107&lon=-87.6341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4995S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4995S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 58 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531022559I

## Narrative

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

(-5)MR. MCDERMOTT FLEW FROM DAYTON, OHIO TO GRIFFITH, IN. UNDER AN ISTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. APPROACHING THE CHICAGO AREA THE ENGINE QUIT.  MR. DERMOTT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N4995S (2)

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

- [Incident 19890901049199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890901049199I), Sep 1, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N4995S), Santa Rosa, CA, Minor damage. Emergency landing at airport due to oil leak. Elbow connecting propeller governor tube to engine had broken.
- [Accident 19731124038709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731124038709A), Nov 24, 1973: Piper PA28R200 (N4995S), Gila Bend, AZ, Substantial damage. Gusting to 35K.

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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