# Accident 20030607023139A: Cessna 172M, Chicago/West Ch, IL, June 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2003, 10:31 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9078° N, 88.2486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9078&lon=-88.2486&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607023139A

## Narrative

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

(-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 AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THE LANDING GEAR HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. AT THIS POINT HE ABRUPTLY PULLED UP AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY 28 HARD AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT AND HE SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL COULD NOT FIND ANY BROKEN RUNWAY LIGHTS.

## 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 CHI03FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA150), Jun 7, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13474), West Chicago, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: The abrupt pull-up initiated by the pilot during takeoff before airspeed was attained resulting in a stall. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to maintain directional…

## Other reports on N13474 (3)

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

- [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…
- [Accident 20010509013629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010509013629A), May 9, 2001: Cessna 172M (N13474), Chicago/West Ch, IL, No damage. (.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…

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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