- Date
- September 4, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49024Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904047239A
- Case key
- 12336
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt stated that he touched down with a slight angle to the rwy and went off to the left side into the grass. He misjudged the distance to the trees and the left wing contacted a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49024
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281106
- Airframe hours
- 2,051
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- George Vukotich
- Registered owner
- T & G Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Airport
- C18 · Frankfort, runway 27, 3,176 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °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.