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FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Dekalb, IL · May 8, 2004

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Date
May 8, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place
Dekalb, IL
Airport
Dekalb Taylor Municipal
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81898
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI04CA117
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,250 total200 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days
N81898Registered now · Piper PA-28RT-201S/N 28R-8018064 · Built 1980Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Mr. Low, the instructor, was simulating engine out landings with his student Mr. Godfrey at Dekalb airport, Dekalb, Illinois. Runway 20 at Dekalb airport is under construction. AWOS clearly informs the pilot about the displaced threshold. There are yellow chevrons on the new extension and on the 600 feet of relocated threshold. There were four barricades on the north end of runway 20 where there is a 5 inch lip separating the new extension from the existing runway pavement. After the barricades starts the 600 foot threshold. The runway line and numbers are relocated to the end of the displaced threshold. As they approached runway 20 it appeared that they would land short of the runway. Mr. Godfrey added power, but the aircraft bounced on the new pavement and then landed hard on the displaced pavement. They performed a touch and go landing and departed to dupage airport. During refueling operations the student Mr. Godfrey noticed fuel leaking from the left wing, and wrinkles in the flap and aileron. Neither pilot saw the barricades on the runway, and all they heard was a loud thud that they thought was the result of a hard landing. The pilots were aiming for the beginning of the old runway, not the displaced 600 feet.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. LOW, THE INSTRUCTOR, WAS SIMULATING ENGINE OUT LANDINGS WITH HIS STUDENT MR. GODFREY AT DEKALB AIRPORT, DEKALB, ILLINOIS. RUNWAY 20 AT DEKALB AIRPORT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AWOS CLEARLY INFORMS THE PILOT ABOUT THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THERE ARE YELLOW CHEVRONS ON THE NEW EXTENSION AND ON THE 600 FEET OF RELOCATED THRESHOLD. THERE WERE FOUR BARRICADES ON THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY 20 WHERE THERE IS A 5 INCH LIP SEPARATING THE NEW EXTENSION FROM THE EXISTING RUNWAY PAVEMENT. AFTER THE BARRICADES STARTS THE 600 FOOT THRESHOLD. THE RUNWAY LINE AND NUMBERS ARE RELOCATED TO THE END OF THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. AS THEY APPROACHED RUNWAY 20 IT APPEARED THAT THEY WOULD LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. MR. GODFREY ADDED POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE NEW PAVEMENT AND THEN LANDED HARD ON THE DISPLACED PAVEMENT. THEY PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND DEPARTED TO DUPAGE AIRPORT. DURING REFUELING OPERATIONS THE STUDENT MR. GODFREY NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT WING, AND WRINKLES IN THE FLAP AND AILERON. NEITHER PILOT SAW THE BARRICADES ON THE RUNWAY, AND ALL THEY HEARD WAS A LOUD THUD THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE RESULT OF A HARD LANDING. THE PILOTS WERE AIMING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE OLD RUNWAY, NOT THE DISPLACED 600 FEET.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI04CA117Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDeKalb, ILThe failure of the pilot and his flight instructor to identify the location of the relocated threshold and proper touchdown point, which resulted in the airplane striking the construction barricade while on approach. A factor to the accident was the…May 8, 2004 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N81898 · 2

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

Incident 20220925017179ILanding: Touchdown · Rock Springs, WYAfter extending downwind for other traffic pilot forgot to extend gear on final.Sep 25, 2022 · Reported as Piper PA-28R-200 · Minor damageIncident 20131010019579ILanding: Touchdown · West Chicago, ILPilot was performing night takeoffs and full stop landings. On the third traffic pattern, the aircraft landed gear up.Oct 10, 2013 · Minor damage