NTSB investigations, 1983, IL

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

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NTSB CHI84LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Peoria, ILThe student plt elected to make a touch & go landing on a rwy covered with loose snow & patches of ice. He reported that when he added power during his 1st touch & go, the acft veered to the left & subsequently collided with a snowbank.Dec 17, 1983 · N48544 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84IA060Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-61 · Chicago, ILA DC-8-61 operated by capitol air inc experienced a partial failure of the left main gear on the landing roll. The rear portion of the left main landing gear bogie & both rear tires were separated. Components of the left landing gear were submitted to…Dec 14, 1983 · N914CL · Minor damageNTSB CHI84FA051Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech V35B · Cairo, ILThe acft dove into the ground nose first from a 90 degree bank shortly after takeoff. The acft was observed by witnessesto take off slowly 'with about 1/2 power' being used. The climb was slow and at 300-400 ft the acft turned left with thelanding gear still…Nov 26, 1983 · N9002Q · DestroyedNTSB CHI84IA041Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-200 · Chicago, ILDuring taxi from landing the left outboard wheel rim failed and bounced onto a highway causing damage to a vehicle the rim failed due to a per-existing fatigue crack.Nov 8, 1983 · N898AA · Minor damageNTSB CHI84FU001Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportQuicksilver MX · Elwin, ILThe plt possessed a student plt & 3rd class medical certificate. After takeoff, he circled over the airfield, then climbed to about 200 ft AGL. A high school classmate stated that the ultralight then entered a nose high attitude & appeared to enter a practice…Nov 5, 1983 · UNREG · DestroyedNTSB CHI84FEE01Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPopelka BD-5 · Sugar Grove, ILThe acft had received an inspection on 9/8/83, before it was disassembled & transported from California to Illinois. On 10/27/83, the plt took off on a flt from sandwich to aurora, IL. While on a final apch to land at aurora, after a throttle reduction, the…Oct 27, 1983 · N99555 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84LA025Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Harrisburg, ILThe acft nosed over during takeoff roll while on a solo training flt. The pilot applied too much right rudder then over compensated with left rudder and brake. The acft went off the left side of the rwy into soft mud and nosed over.Oct 14, 1983 · N66937 · Substantial damageNTSB DCA84AA002Accident · 10 fatalFinal reportHawker Siddeley HS-748-2A · Pinckneyville, ILAbout 1.5 min after departing springfield, IL, the fltcrew reported a slight electrical problem, but they continued on course. About 33 min later & a few min before the acft should have reached its destination, the acft crashed. Impact occurred while the acft…Oct 12, 1983 · N748LL · DestroyedNTSB CHI84LA017Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Wonder Lake, ILThe acft veered off the rwy and into a fence during a crosswind landing. The landing was on rwy 9 and the wind was from 021 degrees at 5 KTS gusting to 22 KTS. The pilot had applied power for a go-around but not in time to prevent the touchdown. Then the acft…Oct 8, 1983 · N30168 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-30 · Aurora, ILApproaching the destination arpt the plt was advised by Aurora local control that the only available landing area was anunlighted taxiway, designated temporary rwy 9/27, used as a day VFR rwy. Use of the temporary rwy after sunset was not authorized, & the…Oct 7, 1983 · N7165Y · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84LA020Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · East Peoria, ILAt about 10 ft AGL a 300-400 RPM decrease in power occurred. The plt elected to land straight ahead into a cut bean field. He touched down about 400 ft from the end of the rwy, traveled about 500 ft further where a large rut was struck. About 10 flt hours…Oct 1, 1983 · N2347E · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83IA446Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 401A · Frankfort, ILThe right main landing gear collapsed during landing roll-the right main landing gear bellcrank was found to have failed in instantaneous overload. The rigging of main gear was improper.Sep 30, 1983 · N6208Q · Minor damageNTSB CHI83LA444Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Sandwich, ILDuring landing the plt used forward slip, & after touchdown the acft went off the right side of the rwy striking a taxiway. The jar of hitting the taxiway resulted in the plt unintentionally advancing the throttle & the acft became airborne. The plt retarded…Sep 27, 1983 · N54967 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA441Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-161 · Bethany, ILPrior to this flt, the plt had contacted a fss & inquired about the wx. He was advised that VFR flt to terre haute, IN, was not recommended. He took off at about 1830 CDT. The plt again contacted the fss & inquired about the wx at burlington, IA &…Sep 26, 1983 · N8236U · DestroyedNTSB CHI83FA440Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportErcoupe 415-C · Raymond, ILDuring a wx briefing at 1433 CDT, the plt was advised to expect 500 ft ceilings, 2 mi visibilities, rain showers & thunderstorms. He then took off from bismark, MO with no flt plan. Reportedly, wx was encountered during the flt which deteriorated as he…Sep 25, 1983 · N3184 · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA432Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Carthage, ILThe acft collided with a ditch during landing. The acft bounced and floated during landing. The pilot said he thought hewas too FAR down the rwy for a go-around so he applied the brakes. The acft skidded off the rwy end into a ditch. The pilot thought a gust…Sep 18, 1983 · N1443E · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA430Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna U206F · Garden Prairie, ILWhile en route, the fuel pressure dropped, and subsequently, the eng lost power completely. During a landing in a corn field, the acft was damaged. An investigation revealed that the fuel line had separated at the flow divider. Reportedly, the eng had been…Sep 18, 1983 · N8449Q · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA428Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportSikorsky S-76A · Chicago, ILWhile cruising at 2000 ft MSL & 150 KTS, the crew heard a loud noise, and simultaneously, the helicopter yawed aprx 30 to 40 deg to the right & pitched nose down. The aircrew began an autorotation & activated the emergency floats. The helicopter continued in…Sep 14, 1983 · N521AC · DestroyedNTSB CHI83IA425Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportFairchild FH-227 · Chicago, ILAfter taking off, the landing gear handle remained latched 'down' when the nosewheel did not center. The flightcrew thenused the nose gear steering override sw & turned the nosewheel until the 'off center light' extinguished. The override sw was placed 'off'…Sep 13, 1983 · N377NE · Minor damageNTSB CHI83LA424Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Wheeling, ILThe acft went off the rwy and collapsed the landing gear after power loss during takeoff. Three of the passengers furnished statements and 2 seemed to think that the left engine quit. The acft turned to the right but the pilot did notknow which engine quit.…Sep 12, 1983 · N62971 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA422Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing A75N1 · Galesburg, ILAfter landing at the Galesburg arpt, the plt was turning onto the taxiway when the acft ground looped in strong wind conditions. The left wing was substantially damaged during the mishap.Sep 10, 1983 · N49684 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA421Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B75N1 · Galesburg, ILThe plt stated that when he was landing on rwy 20 with a x-wind, it switched to a rear quartering wind. At about that time, the acft went off the rwy & struck a rwy marker with its tailwheel. The acft then ground looped, damaging the lower left wing.Sep 7, 1983 · N62438 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA420Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing PT-13D · Galesburg, ILDuring the landing roll, the left main tire blew out & the plt lost directional control. Subsequently, the acft ground looped & the left wing & aileron were damaged.Sep 7, 1983 · N620BD · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83IA418Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-200 · Chicago, ILThe acft experienced a left walking beam failure when the landing gear was extended during approach, the acft log was noted 'during gear extension at 230 KTS tremendous bang occurred which dropped panels at rows 15-7 02 masks at row 18. Three green normal…Sep 7, 1983 · N1984 · Minor damageNTSB CHI83LA427Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Carbondale, ILThe instructor plt (CFI) was providing a dual check-out for a private plt in the Cessna 172. After flying in the local area, they returned to the arpt to practice touch-and-go landings on rwy 18. The winds were reported from 190 deg at 20, gusting 25 KTS. On…Sep 6, 1983 · N6317D · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA415Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150G · Paris, ILThe student plt was on his 1st solo x-country flt. On the 1st leg of the flt, he became disoriented, experienced fuel exhaustion & landed in a soybean field. During the landing, the acft nosed over when the gear encountered the tall beans. The student…Sep 5, 1983 · N6227S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA416Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Frankfort, ILThe plt stated that he touched down with a slight angle to the rwy and went off to the left side into the grass. He misjudged the distance to the trees and the left wing contacted a tree.Sep 4, 1983 · N49024 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA411Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J-3 · Rockford, ILThe plt stated the engine quit, sputtered and quit again before he landed in a bean feild and nosed over. Plt who is also an A&P mechanic had been using sloshing/sealing compound (randolph tank sealer #802) in the fuel tank. After the accident the compound…Sep 3, 1983 · N99163 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA398Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStewart Headwind · New Douglas, ILDuring flt, the eng lost power & the plt was unable to get a restart. While making a forced landing in a plowed field, the main gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. Later, after the acft was uprighted, the eng was started & was operated to 1300 RPM. Prop…Aug 30, 1983 · N64MF · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA396Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Princeton, ILThe turf rwy was wet from recent rains. The plt stated that during takeoff, the acft had accelerated to near the rotation speed when it was slowed by a soft spot in the rwy near mid field. At the same point, an upslope portion of the rwy was encountered & the…Aug 28, 1983 · N12862 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LU011Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportPioneer Flightstar · Robinson, ILThe plt reported that after taking off, he stayed low over farm fields. He reported that he traveled about 1 1/4 mi from the arpt & decided to return & land. However, during a left turn, the ultralight vehicle crashed. The plt was seriously injured & did not…Aug 27, 1983 · UNREG · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FU009Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportWeedhopper B · St. Joseph, ILThe ultralight vehicle collided with the ground after the left wing folded up at about 1000 ft AGL. Witnesses said the ultralight was traveling east when the wing collapsed or folded back. Reportedly, it pitched up & the right wing tip went up. The vehicle…Aug 21, 1983 · UNREG · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA388Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Bloomington, ILThe plt reported that during takeoff, there was a loss of power at appx 100 ft AGL. He had lifted off before reaching the midpoint of the rwy. However, due to the climb attitude & configuration of the acft, he could not see the rwy below & thought he was at…Aug 20, 1983 · N2XG · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA387Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAerotek Pitts S-2A · Waukegan, ILWhile on a local flt, the acft crashed in lake Michigan about 1/2 mi from the shoreline. According to witnesses, it was flying over the water at about 100 ft, then pulled almost straight up to about 300 ft above the water, nosed over & went almost straight…Aug 20, 1983 · N80016 · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA386Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Joliet, ILAcft landed long & ran off the end of the rwy. The left tire blew prior to departing the rwy, & after departing the rwy the acft collided with an arpt warning sign. A 3,452 ft turf rwy, 4/22, was available.Aug 17, 1983 · N1388S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA385Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Savanna, ILThe plt reported the winds were from 160 deg at 7 KTS & that he back taxied on rwy 14 to takeoff. He reported that during the takeoff roll, he encountered a right x-wind, & when he was aprx 2/3 of the way down the rwy, the acft veered to the left. After…Aug 17, 1983 · N11279 · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA384Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-38-112 · Blue Island, ILAcft ran off side of rwy & the left wing collided with corn stalks causing the acft to spin 180 deg.Aug 15, 1983 · N2527N · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA373Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32R-301 · Wheeling, ILThe pilot stated that he taxied southeast on runway 12L, then turned to taxi northwest on runway 34. During the turn, the left main gear went off the runway and into a hole in the sod. The width of runway 12L is 50 ft and the width of runway 34 is 100 ft. the…Aug 10, 1983 · N29AM · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA375Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportQuickie Q2 · Decatur, ILThe acft made a hard landing and broke the front canard after bouncing on touchdown and dragging the left wing. The pilot had been informed by the tower that black smoke was coming out of the engine. This turned out to be from an excessively rich mixture. The…Aug 9, 1983 · N7QA · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA374Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Springfield, ILThe acft made a forced landing in a corn field and nosed down after the engine stopped during flt. During pre-flt the pilot had looked in the tanks and measured the amount of fuel with the tie cap chain. He thought he had enough fuel for the flt even though…Aug 9, 1983 · N3400V · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA372Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177B · Wheeling, ILThe plt was unable to start the eng using normal procedures. He obtained the use of an APU & still could not make an electrical start. He stated that he turned the magneto & master switches off & rotated the propeller (prop) backwards 1/2 turn (to check for…Aug 7, 1983 · N35083 · No damageNTSB CHI83LA364Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177RG · Lansing, ILThe acft had just been given an annual inspection & the plt was on the 1st flt back to the home arpt. He reported that before takeoff, he noted that the eng would not idle below 850 RPM. He elected to continue with the flt. During the takeoff roll, he pulled…Aug 6, 1983 · N53122 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA365Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182 · Marseilles, ILThe acft was on a parachute jumping mission. After climbing to 9000 ft MSL, 4 sky divers jumped out & the plt began a descent back to the arpt. The acft was seen level at aprx 500 ft AGL & in the aprx position for a downwind leg for a left pattern for runway…Aug 6, 1983 · N6351A · DestroyedNTSB CHI83FA334Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Dwight, ILThe acft crashed in a corn field during a heavy rainstorm while on a cross country flight. The pilot had logged 4 hour of simulated instrument time and was not instrument rated.Aug 4, 1983 · N2876X · DestroyedNTSB CHI83LA352Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Pittsfield, ILThe student plt was on a personal flt with a passenger on board. During arrival, he landed on rwy 25 (1700 ft long) with a x-wind from 160 deg at 8 KTS. He reported that the landing was made on his 2nd attempt, but he did not get on the ground soon enough to…Aug 2, 1983 · N111BT · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA353Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportGulfstream AA-5B · West Chicago, ILThe plt reported that during a night landing, the acft began to porpoise. He applied power to go around, but the plane went off the left side of the rwy. Subsequently, it collided with brush & a chain link fence & came to rest on residential property. The plt…Aug 2, 1983 · N4557E · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83FA346Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper J3C-65 · Lily Lake, ILThe plt reported that a neighbor had flown the acft earlier in the day & had problems adjusting the elevator trim when airborne. The plt stated that before takeoff, he checked the trim, but it worked normally, so he set it for cruise & made a normal takeoff.…Aug 2, 1983 · N27020 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI84LA348Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Urbana, ILThe student plt stated that when approaching over wires she 'powered up and ended up coming in too fast.' The acft made initial contact on the nose wheel. Subst damage to the eng mount area and the left wing.Aug 1, 1983 · N4648M · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA342Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-25-235 · Camp Point, ILThe plt had just completed a swath run. As he approached a road he pulled up to avoid a car, then attempted to descend below power lines & in so doing collided with a stop sign. The acft cartwheeled & landed inverted in a bean field.Jul 31, 1983 · N4332Y · Substantial damageNTSB CHI83LA340Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · East St Louis, ILThe CFI noticed the acft was not climbing & the airspeed was not increasing. He took control of the acft & landed in a bean field. He later stated that the flaps were not retracted by the student after takeoff.Jul 30, 1983 · N6032K · Substantial damage