# Incident 19860121015009I: Cessna 172P, Chicago, IL, January 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1986, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62538, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62538-1993-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860121015009I

## Narrative

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

DESTINATION AIRPORT WENT IFR. VFR PILOT DID NOT WANT TO USE ALTERNATE DUE TO WIND. FINALLY CLEARED TO LAND.

## Other reports on N62538 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920614019999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614019999A), Jun 14, 1992: Cessna 172P (N62538), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Landed fast. Unable to stop on 5000 foot runway. Ran off end. Blamed windshift. None noted.
- [Incident 19841129074319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841129074319I), Nov 29, 1984: Cessna 172P (N62538), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Struck unidentified object on approach. Dent in leading edge of wingtip.

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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