# NTSB CHI82DA103: Cessna 175, N7452M, Tuscola, IL, March 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Tuscola, IL
- Coordinates: 39.79092, -88.280906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7909&lon=-88.2809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72885
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72885/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA103

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 27 JUST PRIOR TO SUNSET. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT SLOWING FAST ENOUGH, BUT DUE TO THE LOW ALTITUDE OF THE SETTING SUN, HE MISJUDGED THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BUT DID NOT OBTAIN FLYING SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY ONTO A SOFT, PLOWED FIELD AND OVERTURNED. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT, THE PILOT HAD MADE ONE LANDING SINCE AUGUST 1981.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7452M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7452M-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 55752, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55752
- Airframe hours: 1900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300-A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles E. Zalewski
- Registered owner: Charles E. Zalewski
- Departed: ATWOOD, IL
- Destination: FIREBAUGH, CA
- Airport: K96, Tuscola Airport, runway 27, 2,660 × 24 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 100 total, 8 in this make and model, 37 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## 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 19820327006139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820327006139A), Mar 27, 1982: Cessna 175, Tuscola, IL, Destroyed. Pilot midjugded landing because of sun, crash occurred during attempted go around off end of 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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