# Incident 20051204030879I: Piper PA28180, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, December 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15911, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15911-2013-08-06) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 75 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051204030879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 4, 2005, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ LANDED PIPER PA-28-180, N15911 ON RUNWAY 34 AT PALWAUKEE AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT SAID THAT THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL. HE REPORTED THAT UPON NOSE WHEEL CONTACT THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE WIND WAS 290 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE: A PROPELLER STRIKE AND BENT NOSE WHEEL STRUT. INSPECTION DISCLOSED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE INCIDENT.

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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