# Accident 20161216022089A: Piper PA-28R-200, Kewanee, IL, December 16, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kewanee, IL
- Airport: Kewanee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2042° N, 89.9703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2042&lon=-89.9703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55484, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55484) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 629 total, 315 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161216022089A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 16, 2016, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDVN), IN IOWA ENROUTE TO CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT- LUNKIN FIELD (KLUK), IN OHIO WITH AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N55484, A PIPER ARROW (PA-28R-200).  THE WEATHER FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN.

THE PIC REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCUMULATING MODERATE TO HEAVY RIME ICE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIA).  THE PIC OF N55484 DECIDED TO DIVERT THE AIRCRAFT TO KEWANEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KEZI), IN ILLINOIS.  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CONTACT WAS LOST APPROXIMATELY 11 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF KEZI.  COMMUNICATION WAS RELAYED THROUGH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.  PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 35 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF KEZ REPORTED: WIND SE AT 7 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 2.5 STATUTE MILES WITH FOG AND MIST, CEILINGS WERE OVERCAST AT 1700 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE TEMPERATURE WAS MINUS 20 DEGREES CELSIUS.

DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT KEZI, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE, N55484 VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT.

N55484 SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE, RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND RIGHT WING.

NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 GAA17CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA109), Dec 16, 2016: Piper PA28R (N55484), Kewanee, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during the approach to land.

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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