# Accident 19990703008119A: Piper PA28R200, Dongola, IL, July 3, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 3, 1999, 20:50 local time - Place: Dongola, IL - Airport: Keil Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.3595° N, 89.1603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3595&lon=-89.1603&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1996T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1996T-2021-10-04) (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: CONT IO360* - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 300 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA217) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703008119A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. LANDING AT GRASS STRIP, SEEMED NORMAL, ALMOST STOPPED AT END OF RWY WHERE THERE WAS A HILL, ACFT SLID TO BOTTOM AND CAME TO REST IN DITCH, DINGED PROP AND DROVE LANDING GEAR INTO WING. (.19) ON JULY 3, 1999, AT 2050 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28R-200, N1996T, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DURING A LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR DONGOLA, ILLINOIS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THREE PASSENGERS WERE REPORTED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR MARION, ILLINOIS APPROXIMATELY 2030. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, STABILATOR, MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WINGS. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNIONS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE WING STRUCTURE. (-23)WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT ON 07-03-1999 AT ABOUT 2050 (20 MINUTES AFTER OFFICAL SUNSET) THE PILOT ON COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A PRIVATE UNLIGHTED AIRPORT (RLA) THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 400 TO 500 FEET DO WN THE 2200 FOOT GRASS STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT (ABOUT 30 DEGREES DOWN, 40 FEET LING), ACROSS A 1 FOOT DEEP RUT AT THE BOTTOM, COMING TO REST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EMBANKMENT. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR AND STABALEATOR. THE PILOT AND THREE (3) PASSENGERS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT, ON THE LANDING APPROACH, HE '... WAS SLIGHTLY HIGH... .' HE ALSO STATED THAT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN HAVING WORK DONE AND THAT IT DROPPED OFF STEEPLY ON BOTH SIDES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE '... AIMED FOR A POINT WHERE IT NO LONGER DROPPED OFF SO STEEPLY.' THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH EMBANKMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 2050. THE AIRPORT WHERE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IS A PRIVATE AIRPORT AND DOES NOT HAVE RUNWAY LIGHTS. SUNSET FOR THE ACCIDENT DAY OCCURRED AT 2021 AND THE END OF CIVIL TWILIGHT OCCURRED AT 2052. ## 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 CHI99LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA217), Jul 4, 1999: Piper PA-28R-200 (N1996T), Dongola, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain a proper glidepath on the landing approach, and the failure of the pilot to select a proper touchdown point. Factors to the accident were the lack of runway… ## Other reports on N1996T (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19810920071399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920071399I), Sep 20, 1981: Piper PA28R200 (N1996T), Mount Pocono, PA, Minor damage. Engine did not develop power. Pilot aborted takeoff, went off runway, nose gear collapsed, engine problem unknown. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.