# Incident 20031125033889I: Cessna 172M, Chicago/West Ch, IL, November 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2003, 13:29 local time
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20095, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20095) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031125033889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI IN HIGH WINDS, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE DUE TO THE STRONG DIRECT CROSSWIND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHER VANE INTO THE WIND AND EXITED THE TAXIWAY CONTACTING A TAXI LIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N20095 (2)

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

- [Accident 20240502006979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240502006979A), May 2, 2024: Cessna 172M (N20095), West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. On may 02, 2024, a Cessna 172 [privacy data omitted], operated as a 14 CFR part 141 flight encountered a microburst on the ground while holding short of runway…
- [Accident 19800909045779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800909045779A), Sep 9, 1980: Cessna 172M (N20095), Brownsburg, IN, Substantial damage. Landed long on wet grass runway. Unable to stop. Ran off end into a ditch.

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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