# NTSB CHI83LA164: Cessna 152, N94111, Kankakee, IL, April 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 12, 1983, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Location: 41.0714° N, 87.8463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREATER KANKAKEE (IKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0714&lon=-87.8463&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12129/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA164

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94111-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 15285599, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285599
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830412014609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830412014609A), Apr 12, 1983: Cessna 152, Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Student lost control landing in a strong crosswind. Ran off runway collapsing nose gear. Wind exceeded control.

## Other investigations on N94111 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI84LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA269), Jun 29, 1984: Cessna 152 (N94111), Ft. Wayne, IN, substantial damage

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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