- Date
- May 30, 1981
- Place
- Plainfield, IL · PLAINFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53015Cessna 172P
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810530030249A
- Case key
- 125621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1240 81/5/30 PLAINFIELD,IL CESSNA 172P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N53015 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOW INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINFIELD,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 58 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 21KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53015
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clow Intl
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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.