# NTSB CHI87LA029: Piper PA-28-180, N2311R, Lansing, IL, November 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1986, 03:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.559844, -87.540473 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5598&lon=-87.5405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13695
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13695/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated
  - raising of flaps - performed
  - proper climb rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD HE ENCTRD IFR CONDS AT APRX 400' AGL DRG TAKEOFF. HE ELECTED TO 'FLY OUT OF IT' & 'WAS IN THE CLEAR' AFTERCLBG TO 4500' MSL. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT & INDCD HE COULD SEE THE ARPT 'ON AND OFF' THRU BRKN CLDS. ON AN APCH TO LND, THE ACFT WAS 'IN & OUT OF IFR.'  AS THE PLT WAS FLARING TO LND, THE ACFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE CENTERLINE, SO HE ELECTED TO GO ARND. HE APPLIED FULL PWR, BUT AFTER RAISING THE FLAPS, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GND BESIDE THE RWY. THE PLTSTATED THE ACDNT WAS AT 0830, BUT POLICE RPRTD IT OCCURRED AT 0300. THE PLT RPRTD A 400' CEILING & 5 MI VIS WITH FOG; 18 MI NW AT THE MIDWAY ARPT, THE WX WAS IN PART: 20,000' OVC, 6 MI VIS WITH HAZE, WND 190 DEG AT 10 KTS. AT 0950, BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN AT A HOSPITAL SHOWED THE PLT HAD AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.04%. ASSUMING ALCOHOL WAS METABOLIZED AT 0.015% PER HR, HIS BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL AT 0300 WOULD HAVE BEEN APRX 0.14%. THERE WAS NO INDCN OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AFTER THE ACDNT.MARAJUANA METABOLITES WERE FND IN HIS URINE, BUT NONE WERE FND IN HIS BLOOD. HE HAD NO NGT FLTS IN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2311R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2311R-1989-06-12), registration cancelled 1989-06-12, S/N 285486 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-5486
- Airframe hours: 1670
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brett Burrell
- Registered owner: Richard G. Burrell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 1986, 33 hours before
- Departed: 3HA
- Destination: 3HA
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing Muni., runway 27, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 170 total, 118 in this make and model, 84 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 18 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 19861116055559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116055559A), Nov 16, 1986: Piper PA28180, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. Hit the ground when flaps were raised on go around. Pilot failed to check drift. Not current for night flying.

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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