# NTSB CHI83LA444: Cessna 172P, N54967, Sandwich, IL, September 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1983, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Coordinates: 41.640876, -88.619476 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6409&lon=-88.6195&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): 12356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA444
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA444

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE PLT USED FORWARD SLIP, & AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY STRIKING A TAXIWAY. THE JAR OF HITTING THE TAXIWAY RESULTED IN THE PLT UNINTENTIONALLY ADVANCING THE THROTTLE & THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PLT RETARDED THE THROTTLE & THE ACFT SETTLED & STRUCK ANOTHER TAXIWAY RESULTING IN THE ACFT BECOMING AIRBORNE A SECOND TIME. THE ACFT AGAIN SETTLED, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK AN OUTHOUSE & THE ACFT VEERED INTO DITCH & FLIPPEDOVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N54967 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275094
- Airframe hours: 664
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lumanair Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1983, 64 hours before
- Departed: ARR, AURORA, IL
- Airport: C48, Sandwich, runway 26, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 95 total, 15 in this make and model, 47 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ARR, 11 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 19830927051799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830927051799A), Sep 27, 1983: Cessna 172P, Sandwich, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control after touching down in a crabbed angle. Ran off runway hit an outhouse and overturned in a ditch.

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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