- Date
- May 22, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Joliet, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53700Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830522020479A
- Case key
- 11994
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a hard landing and nosed over during a forced landing after engine failure on the base leg. The flt was onthe base leg with power at idle and carburetor heat on when the engine lost power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine. The pilot stated that he was so troubled by gusts on the final approach he abandoned restart attempts. Accordingto him a gust that stopped left him at 10 ft AGL during flare. He also said the muddy field that was freshly plowed caused the nose over. Pictures, a witness and the insurance representative state the field was not muddy. Ground vehicledrove to the scene without difficulty. Ground scars in this unplowed field show evidence of a nose wheel only first ground contact. The flaps were at 10 degrees. The engine was started after the accident and operated normally. The relative humidity on the day of the accident was 90 percent with temperature at 61 degrees f and dew point at 58 degreesf. According to icing probability curves this is in the serious icing range for glide and cruise power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53700
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274802
- Airframe hours
- 951
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Micheal L. De Runtz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1C2 · New Lenox, IL
- Airport
- 0C3 · Wilhelmi, runway 27, 2,546 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,050 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 11,700 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N53700 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.