# Accident 20010509013629A: Cessna 172M, Chicago/West Ch, IL, May 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2001, 17:05 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8792° N, 88.2208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8792&lon=-88.2208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13474, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13474-2004-08-28) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010509013629A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON MAY 9, 2001, AT 1705 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N13474, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SIGN AND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED DU PAGE AIRPORT (DPA), WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AT 1700 ON THE STUDENT'S SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 (6,700 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY ASPHALT). AT 1700, THE WINDS AT DPA WERE REPORTED AS 240 DEGREES AT 13 KTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. (-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO AFTER THE FIRST SUCH SESSION ABOUT ONE MONTH PRIOR. THE PILOT FIRST MADE A SERIES OF LANDINGS WITH HIS CFI ABOARD AND WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SOLO. THE PILOT LANDED WITH ABOUT A 30 DEGREE RIGHT CROSSWIND AT 13 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN. DAMAGE WAS TO THE LANDING GEAR, ELEVATOR, AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. NO INJURY. THE STUDENT WILL RECEIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTION AND THE CFI WILL BE COUNSELED AND WILL ATTEND A               SAFETY MEETING.

## 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 CHI01LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA133), May 9, 2001: Cessna 172M (N13474), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate compensation for the crosswind by the student pilot. Additional factors included the student pilot's lack of total flight time, the runway sign and the crosswind.

## Other reports on N13474 (3)

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

- [Accident 20030607023139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607023139A), Jun 7, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Destroyed. (-23) Student pilot doing solo, complete stop, touch & goes (t&g's), completed two t & g's with no problems. On the third attempted takeoff, the wind shifted…
- [Incident 20030216005789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030216005789I), Feb 16, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. (-23) During a landing to runway 10 at Dupage Airport the pilot lost control and bounced into the grass prior to the intersection of runway 10 and taxiway…
- [Incident 20020124006319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020124006319I), Jan 24, 2002: Cessna 172M (N13474), Flanagan, IL. (-23)[privacy data omitted]- on January 24, 2002, N13474, a CE-172 made an off field landing in a harvested beanfield near Flanagan, Illinois. The aircraft had…

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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