- Date
- May 20, 1981
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25299Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810520027009A
- Case key
- 126045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0945 81/5/20 WEST CHICAGO,IL CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 54, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1029 N25299 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DU PAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL WEST CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25299
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Du Page
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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.