# NTSB CHI00LA309: Cessna 172P, N98629, Wheeling, IL, September 26, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 26, 2000, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC) - Place: Wheeling, IL - Coordinates: 42.130413, -87.919456 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1304&lon=-87.9195&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 23, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50371 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA309 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50371/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA309 ## Probable cause The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind that resulted in the failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, the ditch, the student's lack of experience, and the poor in-flight planning decision to land on a runway with a direct crosswind. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - lack of experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The airplane nosed over following a loss of directional control on landing. The student pilot reported he received a weather briefing from the Kankakee Flight Service Station prior to the cross-country flight. The pilot reported that upon returning to the Palwaukee Airport (his original departure point), he was cleared to land on runway 16 with the winds from 250 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots. Upon landing, the airplane traveled off the right side of the runway where it contacted a drainage ditch and nosed over. The student pilot's logbook was endorsed for the cross-country flight. The endorsement contained a 7 knots crosswind limitation. Palwaukee Airport has another runway which is oriented 24/06. According to a Cessna 172P Information Manual, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the airplane is 15 knots. ## Factual narrative On September 26, 2000, at 1445 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N98629, nosed over following a loss of directional control while landing on runway 16 (5,001 feet by 100 feet) at the Palwaukee Airport, Wheeling, Illinois. The student pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional cross-country flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane last departed Janesville, Wisconsin, at 1430 central daylight time. The student pilot reported he received a weather briefing from the Kankakee Flight Service Station prior to the cross-country flight. The pilot reported that upon returning to the Palwaukee Airport (his original departure point), he was cleared to land on runway 16 with the winds from 250 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots. Upon landing, the airplane traveled off the right side of the runway where it contacted a drainage ditch and nosed over. The student pilot's logbook was endorsed for the cross-country flight. The endorsement contained a 7 knots crosswind limitation. Palwaukee Airport has another runway which is oriented 24/06. According to a Cessna 172P Information Manual, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the airplane is 15 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N98629](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98629-2009-04-29), registration cancelled 2009-04-29, S/N 17276323, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172P - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 172-76323 - Airframe hours: 14998 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: American Flyers - Registered owner: Ate Of Texas, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, September 7, 2000, 53 hours before - Departed: JVL, JANESVILLE, WI - Destination: PWK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: PWK, Palwaukee, runway 16, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 59 total, 57 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 9 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 154 °F, dew point 115 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PWK ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000926023049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926023049A), Sep 26, 2000: Cessna 172P, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, No damage. (-23) The pilot of the airplane lost control when landing. The a/c suffered sustantial damage. 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. 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