- Date
- December 29, 1986, 16:26 local (22:26 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8281YPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861229069639A
- Case key
- 13626
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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.
Analysis
The pilot attempted flight although pirep's for icing had been issued during weather briefing from fss and aircraft was not equipped for icing conditions. Shortly after takeoff, pilot reported to ATC problems with aircraft flight instruments and then reported picking up about one-half inch of ice. According to the pilot, he lost then regained control of the aircraft at least once during the flight. After about 45 minutes of ATC contact, the pilot made a forced landing. During landing rollout the aircraft overran runway and collided with a guardrail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8281Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106003
- Airframe hours
- 1,321
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tradewinds Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Heart Flying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1986 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- PWK
- Destination
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, runway 6R, 2,031 × 40 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 33 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWK, 1 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.