- Date
- May 29, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sandwich, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N129HDouglas DC-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529021329A
- Case key
- 72517
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After returning from a parachute jumping flight, the pilot elected to land on the 1800 ft grass runway. A 3000 ft asphalt runway was available, but he had been using the grass runway to avoid wear on the tires. There was a 30 ft powerline at the approach end of the grass runway and the sod was wet. The pilot reported that there was light rain and the wind was calm. Reportedly, the plane touched down about 200 ft from the approach end, but the pilot was unable to stop on the runway. The aircraft continued off the end and collided with brush and trees. The computed landing distance over a 50 ft obstacle on a hard runway was about 1500 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129H
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4126
- Airframe hours
- 51,696
- Engine
- P&W R-1830, 1,350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mark J. Borghorst
- Registered owner
- Mark J. Borghorst
- Departed
- Sandwich, IL
- Destination
- Sandwich, IL
- Airport
- Sandwich, runway 18, 1,800 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,020 total · 1,941 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °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.