# Incident 20010915030209I: Piper PA28180, Danville, IL, September 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2001, 22:15 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1198X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1198X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010915030209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IGL 1920010033 - ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 CDT, A VFR TARGET WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR BY THE CHAMPAIGN, IL ATCT. THE TARGET DEPARTED RANTOUL, IL AND APPEARED TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE VERMILLION COUNTY AIRPORT, DANVILLE, IL. AT THE TIME OF THIS OCCURRENCE, FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING VFR FLIGHT DUE TO A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WERE IN EFFECT. THE VERMILLION COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AIRPORT, RADIO CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND MET WITH THE DEPUTY SHERIFF AND WAS RELEASED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER REPOSITIONED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED HE HAD CHECKED THE WEATHER BY COMPUTER AND HAD NOTED THE LOCAL NOTAMS BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED FDC NOTAMS. HE FURTHER STATED HE ASSUMED THE FLIGHT RESTRICTION ON VFR FLIGHT HAD BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE HE SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT DEPARTING. HE ALSO ASSUMED THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR WOULD NOT RENT HIM THE AIRCRAFT IF IT WERE NOT LEGAL FOR HIM TO FLY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N1198X (1)

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

- [Incident 20050514014149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050514014149I), May 14, 2005: Piper PA28180 (N1198X), Rantoul, IL, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] aircraft struck taxi light while attempting a landing on runway 36 at Rantoul, Illinois in gusty wind conditions. Aircraft…

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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