Piper PA 28-181 N276U

Summary

On 10 May 2002 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA 28-181 registered N276U was involved in an accident near Sandwich, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 May 2002 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sandwich, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Woodlake Airport (IS65)

Coordinates

41.6383, -88.6444

Aircraft

Piper PA 28-181

Registration

N276U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake in Hills → Sandwich

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA126

Nobody was injured.

The driver of the automobile improperly drove his automobile on the active runway and did not maintain visual lookout for landing aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when the aircraft and an automobile collided on the runway. According to the pilot, after he landed he noticed an automobile about one-third of the way down the runway that was moving from left to right across the active runway. The pilot reported that the car continued to move steadily and that he applied full brakes and steered to the right to avoid hitting the car. The Sandwich Police Department estimated that the airplane skidded for 230 feet before the vehicle struck the aircraft about 800 feet down the runway. The driver of the automobile reported that he could not see the landing aircraft because of the sun and that he had recently had cataract surgery.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.