# NTSB CHI83LA417: Cessna 172H, N2549L, Wolcott, IN, September 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1983, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Wolcott, IN
- Coordinates: 40.74916, -87.039703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7492&lon=-87.0397&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): 12337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA417
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12337/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA417

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. HE STATED HE LANDED LONG WITH THE RIGHT WING SCRAPING A SHED. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND STRUCK A TREE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2549L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2549L), registered now, S/N 17255749, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17255749
- Airframe hours: 1012
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bill Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 20, 1982
- Destination: RZL, RENSSELAER, IN
- Airport: IN65, Wolcott Community, runway 18, 2,640 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAF, 25 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 19830902059339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830902059339A), Sep 2, 1983: Cessna 172H, Wolcott, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed long on short strip, wing collided with shed and then continued into trees.

## Other investigations on N2549L (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 CHI84LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA044), Nov 14, 1983: Cessna 172 (N2549L), Kentland, 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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