# NTSB CHI84LA154: Piper PA-24-260, N8667P, Kenosha, WI, April 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 15, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Location: 42.5961° N, 87.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENOSHA RGNL (ENW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5961&lon=-87.9273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA154

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wind information - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition - water (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE MISTOOK THE ATIS REPORTED WINDS OF 020 DEG AT 21 KTS AS 210 DEG AT 20 KTS. AFTER EXECUTING THE VOR RWY 14 APCH, HE CONTINUED TO LAND ON RWY 14. THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON THE RWY. WHILE LANDING WITH A TAIL WIND, THE ACFT HYDROPLANED & RAN OF THE END OF THE RWY. THE NOSE GEAR SANK IN MUD & COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8667P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8667P), registered now, S/N 24-4114, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-4114
- Airframe hours: 3713
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-E4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paper Cities Aviation
- Registered owner: C.M. Corneli
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 3, 1984
- Departed: CIU, SAULT ST. MARIE, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ENW, Kenosha Municipal, runway 14, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 240 total, 41 in this make and model, 185 as pilot in command, 125 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 21 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 19840415013859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840415013859A), Apr 15, 1984: Piper PA24260, Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he mistook wind direction and made downwind landing and aircraft ran off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N8667P (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 DEN70FQG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70FQG16), May 15, 1970: Piper PA-24 (N8667P), Clovis, NM, 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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