- Date
- April 16, 1976
- Place
- Kankakee, IL · KANKAKEE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2443CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760416008609A
- Case key
- 153082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0666 76/4/16 KANKAKEE,IL CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N2443C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 9853 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 242 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - K R STATE PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOWNERS GROVE,IL KANKAKEE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OWNERS MANUAL,STRONG XWIND,LND WITH FLAPS RETRACTED LNDD WITH 90 DEG WIND COMP OF 31K,NOSE LOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2443C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- K R State Park
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.