# Accident 20091017025709A: Piper PA-32-260, Peoria. Crash S, IL, October 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2009, 19:20 local time
- Place: Peoria. Crash S, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6642° N, 89.6933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6642&lon=-89.6933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3357W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3357W-2010-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 7 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091017025709A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE OFF FROM PIA WHILE ON CLIMB OUT ABOUT 6 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AT 2,500 FEET THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC HIS ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB UP AND AWAY FROM THE DEPARTED AIRPORT REACHING ABOUT 4,000 FEET. THEN PILOT THEN EXPRESSED TO ATC HIS NEED TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WAS VECTORED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PILOT DECLARED MAYDAY SAYING HIS ENGINE HAD QUIT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND WOULD BE SETTING HIS AIRCRAFT DOWN ON A ROAD. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED AN INTERSECTION STRIKING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITH THE RIGHT WING WHICH COMPROMISED THE FUEL TANKS. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT TOUCHING DOWN IN A SKID AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 45 YARDS FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT WHICH TIME IT BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY FIRE. JUST SECONDS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE COCKPIT DOOR AND ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 CEN10LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA023), Oct 18, 2009: Piper PA-32-260 (N3357W), Peoria, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during climb out after takeoff, which resulted in a forced landing to a roadway.

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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