# NTSB CHI93IA019: Piper PA-28-181, N8068J, Chicago, IL, October 22, 1992

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1992, 10:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Location: 41.9503° N, 87.8929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9503&lon=-87.8929&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93IA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15589/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA019

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE MIDWAY ARSA CONTROLLER TO COORDINATE USE OF THE AIRSPACE WITH THE CHICAGO NORTH LOCAL CONTROLLER WHICH RESULTED IN AN OPERATIONAL DEVIATION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW HIS ASSIGNED HEADING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - radar assistance to vfr aircraft - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER DEPARTING MEIGS AIRPORT, THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AT MIDWAY AIRPORT FOR A VECTOR THROUGH ITS AIRPORT RADAR SERVICE AREA (ARSA). THE ARSA CONTROLLER ASSIGNED A HEADING TO PROCEED THROUGH THE ARSA, CLEAR OF THE ADJACENT CHICAGO TERMINAL CONTROL AREA (TCA). THE AIRPLANE TRACKED 25 DEG RIGHT OF THE ASSIGNED HEADING, UNNOTICED, FOR 5 MINUTES, AND ENTERED THE TCA, WHERE A LOCAL CONTROLLER OBSERVED IT AS TRAFFIC OPPOSING DEPARTURES UNDER HIS CONTROL. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER MAINTAINED TRAFFIC SEPARATION UNTIL THE ARSA CONTROLLER STEERED THE VFR PILOT OUT OF THE TCA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8068J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8068J), registered now, S/N 28-8290084, built 1981 (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: 28-8290084
- Airframe hours: 3747
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Carroll Flying Service
- Registered owner: Rowles, Craig J.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 31, 1992, 68 hours before
- Destination: FOD, FT. DODGE, IA
- Airport: ORD, O'Hare International

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 210 total, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORD, 2 nm away

## Other investigations on N8068J (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX06CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA272), Apr 8, 2006: Piper PA-28-181 (N8068J), Coalinga, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his inadequate recovery technique that led to a hard landing.
- [NTSB MIA88LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA166), May 4, 1988: Piper PA-28-161 (N8068J), Freeport, Bahamas, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with adverse weather.

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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