# Accident 19830423049159A: Cessna 172, Frankfort, IL, April 23, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1983, 17:30 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IL
- Airport: Frankfort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4775° N, 87.8405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Frankfort Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4775&lon=-87.8405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62541, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62541-1988-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 180 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423049159A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL WHILE LANDING IN A SEVERE CROSSWIND. GROUND LOOPED.CROSSWIND COMPONENT EXCEEDED BY PILOT AND AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI83LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA183), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna 172 (N62541), Frankfort, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62541 (2)

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

- [Accident 19880803029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880803029939A), Aug 3, 1988: Cessna 172P (N62541), Post Mills, VT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Tried to depart short grass strip downwind, temperature 90. Over gross weight. Struck trees and destroyed aircraft.
- [Accident 19850316010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850316010939A), Mar 16, 1985: Cessna 172P (N62541), Princeton, NJ, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoised on landing. Damage to nose gear and propeller. More than 90 days since last flight.

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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