# NTSB CHI04CA114: Cessna 172P, N65752, Schaumburg, IL, May 5, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 5, 2004, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Schaumburg, IL
- Coordinates: 41.989444, -88.101387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9894&lon=-88.1014&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - DuPage FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA114

## Probable cause

The student pilot not maintaining directional control during the takeoff roll and his inadequate remedial action.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

The airplane departed the left side of the runway and nosed over during a takeoff roll.  The student pilot stated the purpose of the flight was to practice solo takeoffs and landings.  The student pilot reported that during the takeoff roll the airplane "veered to right, then to left, eventually running off left side of runway and ending up overturned."  Post-accident inspection of the airplane revealed no flight control system anomalies and that the brake system functioned as designed.

## Factual narrative

On May 5, 2004, at 1535 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N65752, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when it nosed-over following a loss of directional control while departing runway 29 (3,800 feet by 100 feet, dry concrete) at the Schaumburg Regional Airport (06C), Schaumburg, Illinois.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The solo-instructional flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan.  The student pilot was not injured.  The local area flight departed 06C at 1530.

According to the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to practice solo takeoffs and landings.  The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll the airplane "veered to right, then to left, eventually running off left side of runway and ending up overturned."

An inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) performed the on-scene investigation.  The inspector reported there were no flight control system anomalies and that the brake system functioned as designed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65752](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65752), registered now, S/N 17275857, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275857
- Airframe hours: 7521.3
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-DJ2 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hillock Companies, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2004, 10 hours before
- Departed: 06C, Schaumburg, IL
- Destination: 06C, Schaumburg, IL
- Airport: 06C, Schaumburg Regional Airport, runway 29, 3,800 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: ORD, 9 nm away

## 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 20040505008719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040505008719A), May 5, 2004: Cessna 172P, Chicago/Schaumb, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot philip mikula was conducting a supervised solo flight at Schaumburg, IL municipal airport on may 5, 2004, at about 1530 CDT. He lost…

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.

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