- Date
- July 10, 2001, 17:47 local (22:47 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5285ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20010710017889A
- Case key
- 53268
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Probable cause
The instructor pilot's inadequate recovery from the bounced landing and inadequate supervision of the dual students alignment with the runway. A factor was the student pilot not maintaining proper alignment with the runway during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during a recovery from a bounced landing. The instructor and student pilot were uninjured. The student pilot stated, "We touched down on the runway. The plane was still not aligned with the centerline and we bounced up at which point [the instructor] took control of the aircraft. He added full power and attempted to recover the aircraft. At this point, the nose of the aircraft rose up and the aircraft started to roll toward the right. The wheels hit the ground and our plane flipped forward ending up 15 feet on the side of the runway." The student pilot's report noted that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
On July 10, 2001, about 1747 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N5285E, piloted by a student pilot and certified flight instructor, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during a recovery from a bounced landing on runway 1L (6,700 feet by 100 feet, dry asphalt) at DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois. The instructional flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The instructor pilot and student pilot were uninjured. The flight departed from Poplar Grove Airport, near Poplar Grove, Illinois, at 1710 and was performing a go around at the time of the accident.
The student pilot stated:
On final approach, with full flaps and power to idle, the aircraft was pointing to the left of the
runway and therefore was not aligned with the runway centerline. The winds were coming
from 330 or 340. [The instructor] instructed me to add right rudder therefore I did, but
that had little effect on the airplane. We touched down on the runway. The plane was still
not aligned with the centerline and we bounced up at which point [the instructor] took
control of the aircraft. He added full power and attempted to recover the aircraft. At this
point, the nose of the aircraft rose up and the aircraft started to roll toward the right. The
wheels hit the ground and our plane flipped forward ending up 15 feet on the side of the
runway.
The student pilot's report noted that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5285E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271814
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Illinois Aviation Academy
- Registered owner
- Bluesky Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- C77 · Poplar Grove, IL
- Destination
- DPA · Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 1L, 6,700 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 511 total · 159 in this make and model · 393 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 94 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 10 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.