# NTSB Accident CHI04CA117
> **Piper PA-28RT-201** · 2004-05-08 · DeKalb, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04CA117
- **Event ID:** 20040524X00645
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-05-08
- **Location:** DeKalb, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.931667, -88.708335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28RT-201
- **Registration:** N81898
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the pilot and his flight instructor to identify the location of the relocated threshold and proper touchdown point, which resulted in the airplane striking the construction barricade while on approach.  A factor to the accident was the construction barricade.

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