- Date
- February 10, 1983, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vernon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8222WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830210005009A
- Case key
- 12084
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Analysis
The aircraft ran off the end of a runway and collided with a ditch. The student pilot on his first solo cross country had become disoriented and landed 95 miles off course. He had been flying 2 hours and 30 minutes. He was supposed to reach enroute stop after 1 hour and 10 minutes. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The pilot made his precautionary landing downwind and could not stop on the wet,icy, sod runway which was 2175 feet long. Even though the weather was VMC the visibility was restricted to 5 miles in haze. The aircraft was one third down the lengh of the runway before touchdown on landing and braking was poor due to condition of the surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8222W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-742355
- Airframe hours
- 2,104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360 A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry Husmann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1982
- Departed
- PLD · Portland, IN
- Destination
- CMI · Champaign, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Braun Rla, runway 27, 2,175 × 50 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 22 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 30 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.
Other investigations on N8222W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.