# Accident 20230519007089A: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Dekalb, IL, May 19, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2023, 17:25 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9290° N, 88.7041° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9290&lon=-88.7041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N442TM-2026-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD (registry code 41988, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-s1ad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-S1AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230519007089A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT FLYING HAD BOUGHT THIS AIRCRAFT THAT MORNING AND WAS BEING INTRODUCED TO THE AIRCRAFT BY PRACTICING LANDINGS. ON THE FIRST LANDING, WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 30013G17KT 50 MINUTES PRIOR WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 32011G20KT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TABLE ON FINAL AND LANDING WAS SMOOTH. A GUST OF WIND CAUSED HIM TO BALLOON AND HE ORDERED AN IMMEDIATE GO AROUND. THE PILOT FLYING EXECUTED THE GO AROUND MANEUVER AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 85 KNOTS AT AROUND 25 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY AND RAPIDLY PITCHED OVER TO AROUND 20 DEGREES NOSE LOW. THE AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY 27 WITH ABOUT 10 DEGREES NOSE LOW, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE WHICH LEAD TO A PROP STRIKE. THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27 AND INTO THE GRASS WHERE IS SPUN AROUND AND STOPPED ON APPROXIMATELY A 090 HEADING.

## 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 CEN23LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA193), May 19, 2023: Piper PA32RT (N442TM), DeKalb, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around in gusting winds. Contributing was the presence of windshear.

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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