20210407005369A

WHEN: 04/07/2021 15:18Z, THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MOVED BY PERSONNEL OF THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR/FLIGHT TRAINING PROVIDER BEFORE INFORMING THE FAA OR NTSB. THE FLIGHT TRAINING PROVIDER INFORMED THE FSDO BY EMAIL TO AN INSPECTOR OF A MINOR OCCURRENCE AT 10:40 LOCAL. THE FAA FSDO DID RECEIVE A CALL IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT AT 13:00 LOCAL BY THE SCHAUMBURG POLICE.

WHERE: SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (06C)

A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS OPERATING A PIPER PA-28-181, N21175, SERIAL NUMBER 28-7990037, FROM SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (06C) ON A DISCOVERY FLIGHT LOCALLY WITH 2 ADULT PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT INTENDED TO RETURN TO SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT.

THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS (SA 07/04/2021 14:51-> METAR KORD 071451Z 18010KT 10SM FEW048 SCT250 21/12 A2982). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD DECIDED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 29 AT 06C AS IT WAS THE PREFERRED RUNWAY IN A DIRECT CROSSWIND SITUATION. ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRSPEED DID NOT ACCELERATE AS USUAL AND STABILIZED AT 40 KNOTS FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A WIND SHIFT AND WAS CONSIDERING ABORTING THE TAKEOFF WHEN THE AIRSPEED BEGAN TO CLIMB AGAIN, SO A DECISION TO CONTINUE WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ROTATING APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET DOWN THE 3800 FOOT LONG RUNWAY. A WIND INDICATOR WAS OBSERVED ON THE AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VARYING FROM A DIRECT LEFT CROSSWIND TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SUSPECTED THE WIND SHIFT AND NOTICED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS NOT ACCELERATING AFTER ROTATION. THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING THE STALL HORN, AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND TRY TO LAND AND STOP IN THE REMAINING RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE FOR 5 SECONDS BEFORE DESCENDING AND ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OBTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE DESCENDING WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FEET. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY CUT THE THROTTLE AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO LAND WITH THE WING FLAPS IN THE UP POSITION. WITH A THROTTLE CUT AT LOW AIRSPEED AND HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, WITH STALL WARNING INDICATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT IN A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND TOUCHED BACK DOWN AGGRESSIVELY APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY NEARLY ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE 100 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED MAX BRAKING BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFTS GROUND PATH. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERGED OFF OF THE RUNWAY AT A SHALLOW ANGLE TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH A PROPELLER BLADE, A FRANGIBLE WINDSOCK WITH THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE RIGHT WING, BEFORE HITTING A NON-FRANGIBLE ELECTRICAL POWER BOX WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE ELECTRICAL BOX WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON A PIECE OF LUMBER, DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND, AND APPROXIMATELY 4 FOOT TALL ABOVE THE GROUND, BENT BUT DID NOT BREAK. IMPACT WITH THE LUMBER/ELECTRICAL BOX TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE UNHURT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY THE FAA OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE OPERATOR?S HANGAR NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE RIGHT WING WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE FUSELAGE FROM THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. DEEP PUNCTURES, RIPS, AND DENTS WERE NOTED ON THE RIGHT WING WHERE THE WIND INDICATOR POLE AND ELECTRICAL BOX IMPACTED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT, THE TAIL TIE DOWN WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT, AND THE FUSELAGE WAS BENT AT THE AFT WING ROOT FROM THE IMPACT OF THE HARD LANDING. CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT?S GROUND PATH MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT DUE TO THE HARD LANDING BENDING THE NOSE GEAR AND STEERING INPUTS. THE WIND FROM THE SOUTH (LEFT) WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY.