- Date
- September 19, 1993, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Lenox, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8753EPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930919042179A
- Case key
- 9322
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Probable cause
Selection of the wrong runway by the pilot after misreading the wind sock. The resultant tailwind was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Before making an approach and landing at the uncontrolled airport, the pilot overflew the runway to check the wind sock. He elected to land on runway 23, which was 2103 feet long. During the landing roll, the airplane overran the end of the runway, and the left main landing gear collapsed. The wind was 060 at 12 knots. The pilot stated that he misread the wind sock.
Factual narrative
On September 19, 1993, at 1630 central daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200T, N8753E, was substantially damaged when it overran the runway during landing rollout at the New Lenox-Howell Airport, New Lenox, Illinois. Neither the airline transport certificated pilot nor his three passengers were injured. The personal flight originated at the Park Rapids Municipal Airport, Park Rapids, Minnesota. An IFR flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The wind was from 060 at 12 knots. The pilot landed on runway 23. In his statement, the pilot wrote that he misinterpreted the wind sock and landed downwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8753E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7670178
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond M. Dolan
- Registered owner
- Natalie Andrews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1992 · 155 hours before
- Departed
- PKD · Park Rapids, MN
- Destination
- 1C2
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 1C2 · Howell-New Lennox, runway 23, 2,103 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,915 total · 10 in this make and model · 6,771 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 30 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.