- Date
- January 23, 1983, 19:27 local (Jan 24, 1983, 01:27 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61558Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830123002669A
- Case key
- 11974
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided into the 2nd floor of a building while making an ILS approach to runway 36 at Rockford, IL. The weather was IMC. An IFR flight plan was filed. A pilot weather briefing was not given. The pilot was instrument rated. An approach was attempted at janesville but the localizer was inoperative and the approach was discontinued. The acft was then vectored to Rockford but during the approach was unable to maintain altitude because of airframe icing. The acft disappeared from radar one half mile from the runway. The pilot was not injured in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61558
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264639
- Airframe hours
- 3,357
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren F. Paetz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- IWD · Ironwood, MI
- Destination
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RFD · Rockford, runway 36, 8,199 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 999 total · 744 in this make and model · 898 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.