# NTSB CHI83LA384: Piper PA-38-112, N2527N, Blue Island, IL, August 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Blue Island, IL
- Coordinates: 41.650215, -87.679534 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6502&lon=-87.6795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA384
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12310/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA384

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACFT RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY & THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH CORN STALKS CAUSING THE ACFT TO SPIN 180 DEG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2527N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2527N-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 38-79A0891, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3879A0891
- Airframe hours: 2632
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830815040469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830815040469A), Aug 15, 1983: Piper PA38112, Blue Island, IL, Substantial damage. Veered off the runway on the takeoff roll. Aircrafts wing struck cornstalks on edge of runway spinning it around.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.