- Date
- April 12, 1983, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94111Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830412014609A
- Case key
- 12129
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Analysis
The student plt was on a round robin, cross-country training flt. His first landing was made on rwy 4 at the greater Kankakee arpt. During touchdown in a strong cross-wind, the acft bounced, then veered off the rwy. The acft then encountered soft terrain and the nose gear collapsed. The student estimated that the wind was from 100 deg at 20 gstg 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94111
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285599
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fort Wayne Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- FWA · Ft Wayne, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IKK · Greater Kankakee, runway 4, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 31 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 20 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N94111 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.