- Date
- August 17, 1986, 05:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Galesburg, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8787CPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860817044379A
- Case key
- 13511
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - haze/smokeFactor
Flare - prematureCause
Nose gear collapsed
Engine assembly,mount - buckledFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The non-instrament rated pilot, landing in IFR conditions, flared too high resulting in a hard landing, nose gear failure and buckling of the engine mounts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8787C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7690165
- Airframe hours
- 2,577
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anderson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 25, 1986 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- OXV · Knoxville, IA
- Destination
- GBG · Galesburg, IL
- Airport
- GBG · Galesburg, runway 2, 5,794 × 150 ft, asphalt
N8787CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 9 in this make and model · 242 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRL, 33 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.