# NTSB CHI86LA064: Piper PA-28-236, N8470H, Schaumburg, IL, January 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1986, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Schaumburg, IL
- Coordinates: 41.97948, -88.079299 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9795&lon=-88.0793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA064

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REFUELED THE DAY BEFORE IN BUFFALO NEW YORK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO CHICAGO,IL. THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOUR HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WITHOUT REFUELING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO SCHAUMBURG, IL WHERE THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY STRIKING A CAR AND A ROW OF MAILBOXES. THE PILOT STATED HE FELT HE HAD 15.1 GALS OF FUEL REMAINING WHEN HE DEPARTED CHICAGO FOR SCHAUMBURG. HIS CALCULATION WAS BASED ON THE 4.5 HRS. FLOWN THE DAY BEFORE AT 75% POWER WITH 72 USABLE GALS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LESS THAN ONE QUART OF FUEL REMAINING AFTER THE CRASH LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8470H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8470H), registered now, S/N 28-8211018, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (registry code 7102815) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8211018
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3A5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eugene Bouska, doing business as Holiday Airways
- Registered owner: Herbert And Betty Jarosch
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 3, 1985, 58 hours before
- Departed: MDW, CHICAGO, IL
- Destination: 06C, SCHAUMBURG, IL
- Airport: 06C, Schaumburg Air Park

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 487 total, 143 in this make and model, 395 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA, 9 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 19860111001609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860111001609A), Jan 11, 1986: Piper PA28236, Schaumburg, IL, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted during short flight. Struck an auto and mailboxes during landing on a road.

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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