- Date
- May 2, 2024, 16:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N20095Cessna 172M
- Defining event
- Taxi-to runway: Other weather encounter
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240502006979A
- Case key
- 194205
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Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an encounter with wind while holding short of the runway.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that he was holding short of the runway waiting for a storm with heavy precipitation to pass when a gust of wind lifted the right wing and pushed the airplane to the right side of the runway. The airplane came to rest upside down which resulted in substantial damage to the wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The flight instructor reported he was holding appropriate flight control inputs for the wind at the time the accident occurred. He reported further that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20095
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261005
- Built
- 1972
- Airframe hours
- 17,374.3
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- WingsLeasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 2024
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 02L/20R, 7,571 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2024
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 995 total · 876 in this make and model · 836.6 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 48.3 in the last 30 days · 2.7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 17
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 96.4 total · 66.3 in this make and model · 4.5 as pilot in command · 31.8 in the last 90 days · 14.4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 0.75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KDPA, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KDPA 022152Z 15011G20KT 100V190 3/4SM -RA SCT015 SCT028 BKN055 19/16 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 16048/2140 RAB40 SLP103 P0032 T01890156 RVRNO
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 18, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N20095 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.