# NTSB CHI87LA013: Piper PA-28-236, N3066T, Harrisburg, IL, October 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Harrisburg, IL
- Coordinates: 37.730361, -88.540214 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7304&lon=-88.5402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA013

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE WINDS AT THE DESTINATION ARPT WERE VARIABLE AND GUSTY. DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND, THE ACFT WAS HIGH. REPORTEDLY, THE WIND SHIFTED TO A TAIL WIND AS THE PLT WAS LANDING & THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY & WENT THRU A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3066T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7911115
- Airframe hours: 850
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3A5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: The Dakota Group
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 8, 1986
- Departed: C73, DIXON, IL
- Destination: HSB
- Airport: HSB, Harrisburg, runway 32, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 475 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MWA, 24 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 19861031052639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861031052639A), Oct 31, 1986: Piper PA28236, Harrisburg, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway after a high, fast, downwind approach.

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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