# Incident 19940209014699I: Cessna 172N, Chicago/West Ch, IL, February 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1994, 20:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739ND-2001-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940209014699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC CONTINUED PRACTICING NIGHT TAKEOFFS AND LANDING AFTER HIS LANDING LIGHT FAILED. AFTER HIS FINAL LANDING, HE TAXIED INTO A SNOWDRIFT WHILE EXITING THE RUNWAY. THE PIC WAS COUNSELLED BY THE FAA ON 04-13-94 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIVE EQUIPMENT, EVEN THOUGH NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED BY REGULATION. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N739ND (1)

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

- [Accident 19990706008399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706008399A), Jul 6, 1999: Cessna 172N (N739ND), Addison, IL, Substantial damage. Acft engine quit, and the pilot made an emergency landing in a vacant lot near the intersection of lake and swift streets, other circumstances are unknown.…

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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