- Date
- August 15, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Island, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2527NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830815040469A
- Case key
- 12310
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Analysis
Acft ran off side of rwy & the left wing collided with corn stalks causing the acft to spin 180 deg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2527N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0891
- Airframe hours
- 2,632
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent C. Jarrell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 3HW · Howell, runway 18R, 2,577 × 30 ft, asphalt
N2527NRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 6 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 25 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.