# Accident 20251217021469A: Piper PA-30, West Chicago, IL, December 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2025, 13:50 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9051° N, 88.2520° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9051&lon=-88.2520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8693Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8693Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251217021469A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 17, 2025 A PIPER PA-30 DEPARTED RUNWAY 20R AT DUPAGE AIRPORT (DPA). WHILE CLIMBING THE AIRCRAFT BANKED AND YAWED TO THE WEST AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 90-DEGREE ANGLE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES.

## 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 CEN26FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA064), Dec 17, 2025: Piper PA-30 (N8693Y), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N8693Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19930207006599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930207006599I), Feb 7, 1993: Piper PA30 (N8693Y), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Pilot ran into asphalt curb while taxiing for takeof. Occurred during night conditions and rain.

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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