# Accident 20040508008729A: Piper PA28RT201, Dekalb, IL, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Airport: Dekalb Taylor Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9317° N, 88.7083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9317&lon=-88.7083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81898, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81898) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,250 total, 200 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508008729A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI04CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA117), May 8, 2004: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N81898), DeKalb, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N81898 (2)

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

- [Incident 20220925017179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220925017179I), Sep 25, 2022: Piper PA-28R-200 (N81898), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. After extending downwind for other traffic pilot forgot to extend gear on final.
- [Incident 20131010019579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131010019579I), Oct 10, 2013: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N81898), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot was performing night takeoffs and full stop landings. On the third traffic pattern, the aircraft landed gear up.

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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