- Date
- February 15, 1982, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monee, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56979Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215004369A
- Case key
- 71747
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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 began his takeoff at the approach end of runway 27. He stated that the aircraft rolled straight for 700 ft, then at about 55 mph (lift-off speed), the plane veered left into a snowbank. The runway was 35 ft wide and was reported to have had frozen ridges left over from snow plowing operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56979
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287415031
- Airframe hours
- 2,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry B. Borgsmiller
- Registered owner
- Henry B. Borgsmiller
- Departed
- C56 · Monee, IL
- Destination
- C56 · Monee, IL
- Airport
- C56 · Sanger, runway 27, 2,100 × 35 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 79 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.