# NTSB CHI06CA134: Piper PA-28-161, N2378U, Grayslake, IL, May 7, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 7, 2006, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC) - Place: Grayslake, IL - Coordinates: 42.324722, -88.074165 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3247&lon=-88.0742&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - DuPage FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 63766 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA134 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63766/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA134 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the parked vehicle during taxi and the flight instructor's inadequate operational oversight. A factor to the accident was the parked vehicle. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff - clearance - not maintained, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - object - vehicle (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane collided with a parked vehicle while taxiing to the departure runway. The flight instructor stated that the intercom cabling was "in shambles" and "required extra attention to avoid crimping them in the seat track." The student pilot was taxiing during the accident. The flight instructor reported that as he "looked up from making [his] adjustments" the airplane's left wing impacted a parked vehicle. The flight instructor stated that the impact caused the airplane to turn ninety degrees to the left before coming to a stop. The flight instructor noted that he wished he had delayed the departure "until such time as everything was properly straightened out." ## Factual narrative The airplane collided with a parked vehicle while taxiing to the departure runway. The flight instructor stated that the intercom cabling was "in shambles" and "required extra attention to avoid crimping them in the seat track." The student pilot was taxiing during the accident. The flight instructor reported that as he "looked up from making [his] adjustments" the airplane's left wing impacted a parked vehicle. The flight instructor stated that the impact caused the airplane to turn ninety degrees to the left before coming to a stop. The flight instructor noted that he wished he had delayed the departure "until such time as everything was properly straightened out." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2378U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2378U), registered now, S/N 28-8016022, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-161 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-8016022 - Airframe hours: 7977 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Cardinal Aircraft Service, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 2006 - Departed: C81, Grayslake, IL - Destination: C81 - Airport: C81, Cambell Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 30; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: right; flight hours: 472 total, 120 in this make and model, 367 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 51; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 115 total, 115 in this make and model, 64 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 12 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: UGN, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060507011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060507011059A), May 7, 2006: Piper PA28161, Grayslake, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 7, 2006 at Campbell Airport (C81), Grayslake, Illinois, aircraft N2378U taxied into a sporty utility vehicle. The collision caused substantial… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.