# Incident 20140225001409I: Piper PA-28R-201, Sugar Grove, IL, February 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2014, 15:02 local time
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7774° N, 88.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7774&lon=-88.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31401, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total, 77 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140225001409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR.  THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED.  DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N31401 (1)

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

- [Accident 20260513006609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260513006609A), May 13, 2026: Piper PA-28R-201 (N31401), West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. On may 13, 2026, around 9:50AM CST, a commercial, instrument rate pilot was operating a 1978 Piper arrow – [privacy data omitted] – at dupage airport (kdpa)…

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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