# NTSB CHI89LA042: Piper PA-28-181, N8369Y, Plainfield, IL, December 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1988, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Location: 41.6959° N, 88.1295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOLINGBROOK'S CLOW INTL (1C5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6959&lon=-88.1295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14320
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14320/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA042

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8369Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8369Y), registered now, S/N 28-8190212 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8190212
- Airframe hours: 2850
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Chicago Skyline
- Registered owner: Victoria Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 2, 1988, 100 hours before
- Departed: 1C5, PLAINFIELD, IL
- Airport: 1C5, Clow Int'L, runway 18, 3,370 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 14 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 19 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 19881230057189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881230057189A), Dec 30, 1988: Piper PA28181, Plainfield, IL, Substantial damage. Student lost control during the landing roll on a solo flight. Aircraft veered into a snowbank.

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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