# Accident 19800611019619A: Cessna 152, Wheeling, IL, June 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1980, 06:15 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Palwaukee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N4609B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4609B-2006-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 789 total, 73 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800611019619A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOCKED BRAKE AND FROZE ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. LIFTED OFF. HIT TAIL OF PARKED AIRPLANE. LANDED SAFE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80DEE27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE27), Jun 11, 1980: Cessna 152 (N4609B), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4609B (1)

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

- [Accident 19811024069689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024069689A), Oct 24, 1981: Cessna 152 (N4609B), Monroe, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during landing.

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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