# Accident 20240911016239A: Piper PA-28-140, Schaumburg, IL, September 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2024, 10:46 local time
- Place: Schaumburg, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9893° N, 88.1012° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9893&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1429T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1429T-2025-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA351) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240911016239A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2024, AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN A PIPER CHEROKEE, PA28-140 WAS OPERATED FROM SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (06C) TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL AIRPORT(KJVL) AND BACK TO 06C. THE FLIGHT WAS DURING THE DAY IN VMC CONDITIONS. FUEL ON BOARD CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 25 GALLONS AND THE INSTRUCTOR/PIC HAD PLANNED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS AFTER LANDING AT KJVL. DURING THE SECOND LEG BACK TO 06C, THE STUDENT COMMENTED TO THE INSTRUCTOR THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLING A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PLANE HAD A TENDENCY TO DO THAT AND DID NOT THINK IT WAS ABNORMAL.

UPON LANDING IN 06C, THE PILOTS DECIDED TO PERFORM ONE MORE LANDING IN THE PATTERN AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY. AFTER TURNING BASE TO FINAL, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE RPM'S BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOTS PROCEEDED WITH EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS AND DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON A ROAD APPROXIMATELY 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTENDED RUNWAY. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANKS HAD NOT BEEN SWITCHED THE ENTIRE FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN24LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA351), Sep 11, 2024: Piper PA-28-140 (N1429T), Schaumburg, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s fuel mismanagement resulting in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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