# NTSB CHI83LA183: Cessna 172, N62541, Frankfort, IL, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Frankfort, IL
- Location: 41.5090° N, 87.8710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5090&lon=-87.8710&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 40 KTS. THE PILOT STATED A STRONG GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING AND BLEW THE ACFT OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE A ROW OF TREES SWUNG THE ACFT INTO A PLOWED FIELD. THE PILOT SAID THE WINDS WERE STRONGER THAN REPORTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62541](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62541-1988-08-31), registration cancelled 1988-08-31, S/N 17275299, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-75-299
- Airframe hours: 439
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D25 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frankfort Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 4, 1983, 40 hours before
- Departed: PIA, PEORIA, IL
- Airport: C18, Frankfort, runway 9, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 310 total, 180 in this make and model, 261 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830423049159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423049159A), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna 172, Frankfort, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control while landing in a severe crosswind. Ground looped. Crosswind component exceeded by pilot and airplane.

## Other investigations on N62541 (2)

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 NYC88FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA202), Aug 3, 1988: Cessna 172P (N62541), Post Mills, VT, destroyed, 2 fatal
- [NTSB NYC85LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA084), Mar 16, 1985: Cessna 172P (N62541), Princeton, NJ, 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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