# Incident 20030328020459I: Piper PA46310P, Downers Grove, IL, March 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2003, 08:20 local time
- Place: Downers Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7950° N, 88.0211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Downers Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7950&lon=-88.0211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N106LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,000 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/20030328020459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO BE ACCELERATING. THE PILOT INITIATED AN ABORT WITH ABOUT 1200 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 400 FOOT OVERRUN SEPARATED BY A ROAD. PILOT DECIDED NOT TO USE EXCESSIVE BRAKING BECAUSE HAD JUST BEGUN TO RAIN AND HE WAS AFRAID OF LOSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAUSE OF SLICK SPOTS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE WET RUNWAY. AFTER CROSSING THE ROAD AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N106LB (3)

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

- [Incident 20180528006229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180528006229I), May 28, 2018: Piper PA-46-310P (N106LB), Sugar Land, TX, Minor damage. N106LB flight with 01 pilot and 01 passenger onboard originated from springdale municipal airport (asg), springdale, AR, with a destination of Sugar Land…
- [Accident 20100820045549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100820045549A), Aug 20, 2010: Piper PA-46-310P (N106LB), Austin, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot departed little rock ar. International airport (lit) at approximately 15:05 enroute to Lakeway Airpark, Austin, TX. (39R), arrived at approximately 17:15…
- [Incident 19980116006579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980116006579I), Jan 16, 1998: Piper PA46310P (N106LB), Omaha, NE. Narrative: N106LB, a PA-46-310P, was at 19,000 feet en-route from joliet, IL to evanston, WY when 30 miles east of Omaha, NE the engine began to run rough. The…

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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