# Incident 20000617027849I: Cessna 172M, Kankakee, IL, June 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2000, 14:37 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5223R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5223R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 587 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000617027849I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED CLOW AIRPORT, IL (1C5) ENROUTE TO LAKE VILLAGE, IN. TO HAVE ANNUAL DONE ON N5223R. WHILE ENROUTE PILOT STATED HE MIS-IDENTIFIED THE RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR THE LAKE VILLAGE AIRPORT AND LANDED.  LATER HE STATED THAT HE HAD A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND HE WANTED TO LAND BEFORE IT QUIT.  THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NOR THE FAA INSPECTOR DURING THE ORIGINAL QUESTIONING.

## Other reports on N5223R (2)

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

- [Incident 19881015068379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015068379I), Oct 15, 1988: Cessna 172M (N5223R), Chicago, IL. Student pilot became disoriented. Flew beyond his destination. Saw Midway and landed without contacting the tower.
- [Incident 19810124010919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810124010919I), Jan 24, 1981: Cessna 172M (N5223R), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. During taxi for takeoff the left landing gear wheel came off. The gear wheel was found to have an internal failure.

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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