# Accident 20080602838769A: Piper PA28181, Dixon, IL, June 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Dixon, IL
- Airport: Dixon Municipal-Charles R. Walgreen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8336° N, 89.4461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8336&lon=-89.4461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2108N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2108N-2009-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080602838769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER CONTACTING HIS INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED DIXON IL AIRPORT (C73) TO PRACTICE SOLO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 31 AT C73.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE NORTH.  DURING THE FLAIR, AT APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET, THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO RISE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER-LINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, APPLIED FULL POWER WHICH PULLED THE AIRCRAFT FURTHER OT THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE GO-AROUND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETRACTED THE FLAPS EITHER FULLY OR PARTIALLY, HE CAN'T RECALL, AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, IMPACTING THE RAILROAD TRACKS SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT TUMBLED COMING TO REST ON ITS ROOF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF FROM THE WRECKAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI08CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA147), Jun 2, 2008: Piper PA-28-181 (N2108N), Dixon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot improperly raised the flaps during the go-around, did not maintain airspeed, and stalled the airplane. The trees were a factor.

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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