# NTSB CHI85LA019: Piper PA-34-200T, N500JT, Compton, IL, October 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 18, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Compton, IL
- Coordinates: 41.690032, -89.079322 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6900&lon=-89.0793&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): 12936
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12936/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED APRX 1/4 WAY DOWN THE WET SOD RWY WHICH IS 2590 FT LONG. THE BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A 3 FT EMBANKMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N500JT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500JT-2007-12-14), registration cancelled 2007-12-14, S/N 34-7970295 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 347970295
- Airframe hours: 1055
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-EB 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Breson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 6, 1984
- Departed: DKB, DEKALB, IL
- Airport: C82, Bresson, runway 18, 2,590 × 190 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,220 total, 90 in this make and model, 2,996 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RFD, 27 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 19841018056469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841018056469A), Oct 18, 1984: Piper PA34200T, Compton, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot was unable to stop aircraft on short grass runway and ran off end contacting 3 foot embankment.

## Other investigations on N500JT (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 NYC07CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA156), Jul 2, 2007: Piper PA-34-200 (N500JT), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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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