# Incident 20211201020189I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Wheeling, IL, December 1, 2021 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 1, 2021, 10:50 local time - Place: Wheeling, IL - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10 - Aircraft: N636CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N636CB) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S - Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211201020189I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FSDO INCIDENT NUMBER IS: IGL0320220024 ATQA ACCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS: AGL0322002 SAS ACTIVITY NUMBER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT GL03202203361 AIRCRAFT: N636CB S/N 172S12261 WHEN: 12/1/2021 1650Z, WHERE: CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (PWK) WEATHER CONDITIONS: SPECI KPWK 011711Z 21009G21KT 10SM SCT014 OVC023 08/04 A2990 RMK AO2 T00830039 METAR KPWK 011652Z 21011KT 10SM BKN014 OVC022 08/04 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP131 T00830039 INJURIES: NONE DAMAGE FROM EVENT: MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. NOSE GEAR STEERING SCISSORS SHEARED OFF, PROPELLER SPINNER DENTED, LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT DENTED. AIRPORT FACILITY DAMAGE INCLUDED THE LOSS OF THE WESTERN-MOST LIGHT ASSEMBLY OF THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI), AND A RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN. POST EVENT FIRE OR DAMAGE: NONE FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY CHECK: NOMINAL A STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING SOLO FULL STOP TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT PWK. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE TOWER INFORMED HIM OF THE GUST HAD INCREASED TO 18 KNOTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO MAKE THIS THEIR LAST LANDING FOR THE DAY AS THE WINDS WERE ABOVE THE PILOT?S PERSONAL MAXIMUMS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THEIR FOCUS WAS ON THE WIND SOCK AND LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 16 AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT REPORTED FEELING LIKE ON THE BOUNCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE LOW ON CONTACT AND THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO ADD POWER FOR FEAR THAT THE NOSE WOULD BE DRIVEN FASTER INTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT DID NOT INITIATE A GO-AROUND AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE, AND STRUCK THE SURFACE HARDER THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME. AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY IN A LATERAL RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE SPINNER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN, AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK THE PAPI BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. ## Other reports on N636CB (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20200402002919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200402002919I), Apr 2, 2020: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N636CB), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. On April 2, 2020, the pilot in command (PIC) of N636CB, a Cessna C172 aircraft, was practicing takeoffs and landings at chicago executive airport (pwk). On the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.