# NTSB CHI83LA416: Cessna 152, N49024, Frankfort, IL, September 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Frankfort, IL
- Coordinates: 41.48944, -87.830848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4894&lon=-87.8308&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): 12336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA416
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12336/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA416

## 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
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49024), registered now, S/N 15281106, built 1977 (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: 15281106
- Airframe hours: 2051
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830904047239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904047239A), Sep 4, 1983: Cessna 152, Frankfort, IL, Substantial damage. Landed at a crab angle. Ran off runway. A wing struck bordering tree while rolling on grass parallel to the runway.

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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