- Date
- March 24, 1976
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9163HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760324007179A
- Case key
- 153130
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0529 76/3/24 WHEELING,IL CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N9163H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 20, 997 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 71 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 69 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9163H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palwaukee
N9163HRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2018 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.