- Date
- January 9, 1985, 19:07 local (Jan 10, 1985, 01:07 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83187Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850109001259A
- Case key
- 12984
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The low time pilot with six POB was ld at dark night light saw showers and icy patches on runway during rollout the acft entered a skid with nose cocked to the left the left main gear failed outboard and the acft exited the left side of the rwy the left wing struck and was penetrated by the rwy edge lights resulting in a minor fuel tank fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83187
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 328106028
- Airframe hours
- 1,434
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540-KIG5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Holiday Airways
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Ficek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1984
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Airport
- PWK · Pal Waukee, runway 16, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 7 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBU, 7 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.