# Incident 19980213041359I: Cessna 172P, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, February 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1998, 13:53 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66986, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66986-2014-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213041359I

## Narrative

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

(-5)STUDENT PILOT STATED THE HE MADE A 3 POINT LANDING WITH THE NOSE WHEEL TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 AT CHICAGO PALWAUKEE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OVER A RUNWAY SIGN AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  TOWER OPERATOR ASKED THE PILOT IF HE NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND HE DECLINED.  PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RAMP UNDER IT'S OWN POWER.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT DENT TO LOWER COWL AND A SCRAPE TO THE LEFT FLAP.

## Other reports on N66986 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020218006129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020218006129A), Feb 18, 2002: Cessna 172P (N66986), Dowagiac, MI, No damage. (-23) A private pilot on a cross country trip attempted a left cross wind landing at Dowagiac, Michigan and then drifted off the right side into the grass and…

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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