Woodlake Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Sandwich, Illinois 60548
Friday, May 10, 2002 9:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

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

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/10/2002
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 900
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Sandwich
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60548
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude 413818N
Event Location Longitude 0883840W
Event Location Airport Woodlake Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID IS65
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 677
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 853 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID KARR
Elevation of weather observation facility 677
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 3
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 260
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.3
Density Altitude (feet) 11
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 14415
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date May 10 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1510
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Nov 25 2003 11:36AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Dupage, Illinois

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N276U
NTSB Number CHI02LA126
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Piper
Aircraft Model PA 28-181
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 28-7690384
Certified Max Gross Weight 2450
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 31 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 30
Airframe Hours 1740
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Dennis Brown
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1305 Bailey Road
Aircraft Owner City Naperville
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60565
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State IL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 3CK
Departure City Lake in Hills
Departure State IL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 830
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code IS65
Destination City Sandwich
Destination State IL
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 9 2003 12:41PM
User who most recently changed record DINC
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 2900
Runway Width 70
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --