- Date
- September 9, 1984, 00:35 local (05:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lisle, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5289DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840909049779A
- Case key
- 12428
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
At 0029 CDT the plt contacted a local ATCT stating that he was in IMC with 0 visibility requesting assistance and desiring to land at the closest arpt. The non-instrument rated plt was at 2,000 ft and was given a climb to 2,500 ft. the controller stated that he was trying to get the acft above the 2,300 ft min vectoring alt and intended to continue the climb to VMC at aprx 4,000 ft. initially the acft was headed toward midway arpt but when midway went to IFR the dest was changed to o'hare. According to a witness, the acft was flying low and entered a climb to an aprx 90 deg nose-high attitude before the nose dropped and the acft descended vertically to the ground. Overcast cloud layers in the area varied from 700 to 1,100 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5289D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272495
- Airframe hours
- 1,045
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry H. Anglin, Arthur Alex.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- C59 · Delevan, WI
- Destination
- C18 · Frankfort, IL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 90 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 9 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.