Piper PA-28-151 N4543F

Summary

On 14 August 1982 at about 05:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N4543F was involved in an accident near Kankakee, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1982 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Greater Kankakee (0C4)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N4543F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kankakee → Kankakee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI82DA307

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SOMETIME AFTER 2300 ON AUGUST 14, 1982, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE GREATER KANKAKEE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED IN A NEARBY FIELD SOME 750 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. MARKINGS ON RUNWAY 04 INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED 581 FEET THROUGH THE GRASS, FLEW ACROSS A 47-FOOT DITCH, STRIKING THE DITCH, THEN SLID 161 FEET AND STOPPED. THE HOBBS METER INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED 30 MINUTES DURING THE UNAUTHORIZED USE. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED, IMPACT DAMAGE TO CABIN INTERIOR INDICATED TWO PERSONS ABOARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.