# NTSB CHI79DEV12: Cessna 172, N5254F, Rantoul, IL, February 17, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 17, 1979
- Place: Rantoul, IL · RANTOUL, IL
- Location: 40.3026° N, 88.1549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rantoul, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3026&lon=-88.1549&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137796
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79DEV12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEV12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0214  79/2/17    RANTOUL,IL          CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 62, 263
        TIME - 1450                    N5254F              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANUTE AFB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RANTOUL,IL                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5254F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5254F-2017-02-22), registration cancelled 2017-02-22, S/N 17253358, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chanute Afb

## 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 19790217003129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217003129A), Feb 17, 1979: Cessna 172, Rantoul, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing. Bounced then swerved into snowbank on side off runway.

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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