- Date
- September 16, 2000, 07:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Morris, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33036Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000916037329A
- Case key
- 50273
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Probable cause
The improper servicing of the left main landing gear tire which resulted in it having low air pressure and the pilot's inability to maintain directional control on landing. A factor associated with the accident was the ditch.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was unable to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The nose gear collapsed and the left main gear was twisted when the airplane traveled off the west side of the runway and collided with a ditch. Inspection of the airplane revealed the left main gear tire was flat on touchdown. There were no holes found in the tire. The pilot stated he serviced all three landing gear tires prior to takeoff.
Factual narrative
On September 16, 2000, at 0745 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N33036, was substantially damaged when it traveled off the west side of runway 36 (4,000 feet by 75 feet, dry asphalt) while landing at the Morris Municipal Airport, Morris, Illinois. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight originated from Wheeling, Illinois, at 0715 central daylight time.
The pilot was unable to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. The nose gear collapsed and the left main gear was twisted when the airplane traveled off the west side of the runway and collided with a ditch.
An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration West Chicago, Illinois, Flight Standards District Office, examined the airplane. The inspector reported the left main gear tire was found to be flat. There were no holes found in the tire. The pilot stated he serviced all three landing gear tires prior to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33036
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7525141
- Airframe hours
- 3,113
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Witt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 2000
- Departed
- PWK · Whieeling, IL
- Destination
- C09
- Airport
- C09 · Morris Municipal, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,638 total · 1,474 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 126 °F, dew point 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.