- Date
- April 22, 1983, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Champaign, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5101RBeech BE-19-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830422018729A
- Case key
- 12154
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft drifted across the runway in a crosswind and collided with a runway light. The student pilot had taken off on runway 22 for his first solo flight. The tower changed runways according to the pilot and made 04 the active. The wind was 150 degrees at 8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5101R
- Reported as
- Beech BE-19-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB 635
- Airframe hours
- 6,165
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-44J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- University Of Illinois
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- CMI · Champaign, IL
- Airport
- CMI · Champaign, runway 4, 5,300 × 150 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N5101R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.