# Accident 20020926026779A: Cessna 172R, Greenwood, IL, September 26, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2002, 15:05 local time
- Place: Greenwood, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4028° N, 88.3753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4028&lon=-88.3753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3510A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3510A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020926026779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND DURING A PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE STUDENT DID NOT APPLY FULL POWER, AND THE INSTRUCTOR HAD TO TAKE OVER THE AIRPLANE. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS. THE AIRPLANE SANK, AND THE GEAR HIT THE TOPS OF THE CORN CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO DESCEND RAPIDLY. THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS AND BRACED FOR IMPACT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP WITH THE RIGHT WING ON THE GROUND AND THE NOSE WHEEL BROKEN OFF. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2002, AT 1505 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172R, N3510A, COLLIDED WITH CORN AND THE TERRAIN DURING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING IN RINGWOOD, ILLINOIS. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, AT 1435.THE CFI STATED THEY WERE IN THE GO-AROUND PHASE OF THE SIMULATED FORCED LANDING WHEN THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A CORN CROP. THE AIRP                                                                    LANE THEN SETTLED TO THE TERRAIN.

## 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 CHI02LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA295), Sep 26, 2002: Cessna 172R (N3510A), Greenwood, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The CFI's poor inflight planning/decision to allow the airplane to get to too low of an altitude to assure a safe recovery from the simulated forced landing. Factors associated with the accident were…

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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