# Accident 20020510010179A: Piper PA28181, Sandwich, IL, May 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Airport: Woodlake Landing Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6383° N, 88.6444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6383&lon=-88.6444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N276U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N276U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510010179A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 10, 2002, AT 0900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA 28-181, N276U, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING ROLL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT AND AN AUTOMOBILE COLLIDED ON RUNWAY 26 (2,988 FEET BY 50 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT WOODLAKE LANDING AIRPORT (IS65), SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND THE ONE PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. NO GROUND INJURIES WERE REPORTED EITHER. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED LAKE IN THE HILLS (3CK), LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS AT 0830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME. (-23) DURING ROLL-OUT ON RWY 26 AT WOODLAKE-SANDWICH AIRPORT (C48) AN AUTOMOBILE DRIVEN BY OWNER OF AIRPORT STRUCK AIRPLANE WHILE TRYING TO CROSS RUNWAY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. AIRPLANE WAS LANDING FROM EAST TO WEST. IT HAD ALREADY ROLLED 497.1 FEET, WHEN AUTO STRUCK LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO TURN ABOUT 270 DEGREES DURING THE NEXT 230.1 FEET. AUTO DRIVER/AIRPORT OWNER TOLD LOCAL POLICE THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE OF SUN AND ALSO HAD RECENT EYE SURGERY FOR CATARACT REMOVAL. DRIVER OF AUTO ROUTINELY MAKE              S THESE RUNWAY CROSSINGS. HE LIVES IN AN ADJOINING HOUSE. THIS IS CONSIDERED A RUNWAY INCURSION. PILOT HAD LITTLE OR NO OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID AUTO.

## 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 CHI02LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA126), May 10, 2002: Piper PA 28-181 (N276U), Sandwich, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The driver of the automobile improperly drove his automobile on the active runway and did not maintain visual lookout for landing 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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