# Accident 20101219054709A: Cessna 152, Bolingbrook, IL, December 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bolingbrook, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6958° N, 88.1292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6958&lon=-88.1292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5437M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5437M-2011-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101219054709A

## Narrative

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

PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO COMPLETE THE LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FOR A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW FROM CLOW (1C5) TO ROCKFORD (RFD) TO ILLINOIS VALLEY (VYS) AND RETURNED TO CLOW.  HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 18.  A CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST AN 7 KNOTS EXISTED.  THE STUDENT'S CROSSWIND LIMITATION WAS 8 KNOTS.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE SWERVED LEFT, THEN RIGHT.  THE LEFT WING ROSE, THEN THE RIGHT WING ROSE.  THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE SNOW COVERED AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE LEFT RUDDER APPLICATION FOR THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION CAUSED THE INITIAL LEFT SWERVE.

## 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 CEN11CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA131), Dec 19, 2010: Cessna 152 (N5437M), Bolingbrook, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N5437M (1)

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

- [Incident 19920713033719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920713033719I), Jul 13, 1992: Cessna 152 (N5437M), Hickory, NC, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Had enough side load on nose wheel to bend nose strut support bracket.

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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