- Date
- February 14, 1982, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dwight, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8252VPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820214004339A
- Case key
- 70530
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Directional control - not possible
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
After landing the aircraft encountered ice on the runway. The pilot applied brakes, swerved left, and collided with a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8252V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288116010
- Airframe hours
- 617
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-03G, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chicago Skyline Inc
- Registered owner
- Chicago Great Western Aviation
- Departed
- Chicago, IL
- Destination
- Mansfield, OH
- Airport
- DTG · Dwight, runway 27, 2,368 × 100 ft, asphalt
N8252VRegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 4 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 49 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.