- Date
- August 14, 1982, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4543FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820814039939A
- Case key
- 71220
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Sometime after 2300 on August 14, 1982, the aircraft was taken without authorization from the greater Kankakee airport. The aircraft was discovered in a nearby field some 750 feet from the runway. Markings on runway 04 indicated that approximately 150 feet after touchdown the aircraft veered left off the runway, traveled 581 feet through the grass, flew across a 47-foot ditch, striking the ditch, then slid 161 feet and stopped. The hobbs meter indicated the aircraft had been operated 30 minutes during the unauthorized use. Injury index presumed, impact damage to cabin interior indicated two persons aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4543F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715047
- Airframe hours
- 2,798
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E-3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kankakee Aviation
- Departed
- 0C4 · Kankakee, IL
- Destination
- 0C4 · Kankakee, IL
- Airport
- 0C4 · Greater Kankakee, runway 4, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Observed at
- MDW, 12 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.