# Incident 20050905031149I: Cessna 172R, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 13:09 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JM8S
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53AF-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905031149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOLO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 16 AT PALWAUKEE AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST. ONCE THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT HITTING SOME RUNWAY LIGHTS AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR. PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD TOO MUCH CROSSWIND CORRECTION IN UPON LANDING.

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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