# Accident 20240502006979A: Cessna 172M, West Chicago, IL, May 2, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2024, 16:45 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2ILS
- Location: 41.9140° N, 88.2476° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9140&lon=-88.2476&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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 995 total, 876 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240502006979A

## Narrative

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

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 20R AWAITING DEPARTURE. TOWER REPORTED METAR DATA OF WINDS FROM 210 GUSTING 48 WITH HALF MILE AND THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING DISTANT SE, PEAK WINDS 160 AT 48. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS TAIL AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRFRAME. THE VERTICAL TAIL WAS CRUSHED, THE LEFT WING WAS BENT AT A DOWNWARD ANGLE WITH THE WING STRUT BENT INWARD. THE LEFT WING FLAP ASSEMBLY WAS CRUSHED WITH A CHORD-WISE CUT, LIKELY DUE TO LANDING ON A TAXI WAY SIGN. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT INWARDS CORRELATING TO A PROP STRIKE WITH THE ENGINE PRODUCING POWER. THE PROPELLER NOSE CONE WAS BENT UPWARDS.

THE PIC WAS RESPONSIVE, HOWEVER, NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE STUDENT PILOT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT PILOT.

## 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 CEN24LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA174), May 2, 2024: Cessna 172M (N20095), West Chicago, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an encounter with wind while holding short of the runway.

## Other reports on N20095 (2)

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

- [Incident 20031125033889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031125033889I), Nov 25, 2003: Cessna 172M (N20095), Chicago/West Ch, IL. (-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…
- [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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