Piper PA-28-180 N2311R

Summary

On 16 November 1986 at about 09:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N2311R, operated by Brett Burrell, was involved in an accident near Lansing, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 November 1986 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lansing Muni. (3HA)

Coordinates

41.5598, -87.5405

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N2311R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brett Burrell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI87LA029

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE PLT RPRTD HE ENCTRD IFR CONDS AT APRX 400' AGL DRG TAKEOFF. HE ELECTED TO 'FLY OUT OF IT' & 'WAS IN THE CLEAR' AFTERCLBG TO 4500' MSL. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT & INDCD HE COULD SEE THE ARPT 'ON AND OFF' THRU BRKN CLDS. ON AN APCH TO LND, THE ACFT WAS 'IN & OUT OF IFR.' AS THE PLT WAS FLARING TO LND, THE ACFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE CENTERLINE, SO HE ELECTED TO GO ARND. HE APPLIED FULL PWR, BUT AFTER RAISING THE FLAPS, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GND BESIDE THE RWY. THE PLTSTATED THE ACDNT WAS AT 0830, BUT POLICE RPRTD IT OCCURRED AT 0300. THE PLT RPRTD A 400' CEILING & 5 MI VIS WITH FOG; 18 MI NW AT THE MIDWAY ARPT, THE WX WAS IN PART: 20,000' OVC, 6 MI VIS WITH HAZE, WND 190 DEG AT 10 KTS. AT 0950, BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN AT A HOSPITAL SHOWED THE PLT HAD AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.04%. ASSUMING ALCOHOL WAS METABOLIZED AT 0.015% PER HR, HIS BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL AT 0300 WOULD HAVE BEEN APRX 0.14%. THERE WAS NO INDCN OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AFTER THE ACDNT.MARAJUANA METABOLITES WERE FND IN HIS URINE, BUT NONE WERE FND IN HIS BLOOD. HE HAD NO NGT FLTS IN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.