# Incident 19790501025449I: Cessna 172N, Wheeling, IL, May 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1979, 16:36 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Palwaukee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1365F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1365F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300-D (registry code 17176, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 240 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790501025449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N1365F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910410009749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910410009749A), Apr 10, 1991: Cessna 172G (N1365F), Griffith, IN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Forced landing in trees. Found water and dirt in carburetor. Had recent annual.
- [Accident 19890311003909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311003909A), Mar 11, 1989: Cessna 172G (N1365F), Coolidge, GA, Substantial damage. Had prior problems with fuel contamination corrected. Then engine quit on ferry flight. Same fibrous contamination.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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