# NTSB CHI87LA030: Piper PA-22, N1457A, Rockford, IL, November 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1986, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13696
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13696/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA030

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLL, PLT APPLIED BRAKES TOO HARD AT HIGH SPEED AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1457A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1457A), registered now, S/N 22-357 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-357
- Airframe hours: 2992
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dennis D. Flamini
- Registered owner: Dennis Flamini
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 9, 1986, 49 hours before
- Departed: C56, MONEE, IL
- Airport: IC8, Cottonwood, runway 18, 2,540 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 514 total, 298 in this make and model, 486 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RFD, 7 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 19861116055539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116055539A), Nov 16, 1986: Piper PA22, Rockford, IL, Destroyed. The aircraft nosed over when brakes were applied on rollout. A student, the pilots son, occupied the left seat.

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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