# NTSB CHI83LA106: Piper PA-28-180, N8222W, Vernon, IL, February 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 10, 1983, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Vernon, IL
- Location: 38.8014° N, 89.0875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vernon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8014&lon=-89.0875&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8222W), registered now, S/N 28-2355, built 1965 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-742355
- Airframe hours: 2104
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830210005009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830210005009A), Feb 10, 1983: Piper PA28180, Vernon, IL, Substantial damage. Lost student pilot landed at a rla strip downwind and ran off departure end of runway into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N8222W (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 CHI78DEX42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEX42), Sep 28, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N8222W), Portland, IN, substantial damage

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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