# NTSB CHI83LA100: Piper PA-28-180, N40793, Chicago, IL, February 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 4, 1983, 18:35 local (Feb 5, 1983, 00:35 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12080
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12080/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA100

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - proper assistance - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - proper assistance - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED ACFT ON THE RAMP. THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED THE ACFT ON A SNOW COVERED ICY RAMP AT NIGHTTHE PARKING BRAKES WERE SET BUT WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED THE ACFT TAXIED INTO ANOTHER ACFT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE BRAKESOF THE ACFT WERE CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40793](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40793-1990-07-19), registration cancelled 1990-07-19, S/N 287405066 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7405066
- Airframe hours: 3438
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Edward W. Martin
- Registered owner: G. R. Hecko
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1982, 78 hours before
- Destination: KKK
- Airport: MDW, Midway

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 129 total, 129 in this make and model, 92 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: MDW

## 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 19830204004959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830204004959A), Feb 4, 1983: Piper PA28180, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was started and ran into parked aircraft on ramp. Snow on ramp surface.

## Other investigations on N40793 (1)

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.

- [NTSB BFO90FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA024), Feb 9, 1990: Piper PA-28-180 (N40793), Norton, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHEN CONTINUING TO FLY INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT…

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.

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