- Date
- September 24, 1984, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757ZGCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840924054889A
- Case key
- 12430
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the acft began to climb before it banked to the left and entered a nose down attitude. The student pilot's instructor stated that he was aware that the flt was to have taken place that evening but he did not discuss with the student pilot the strong wind conditions that had been present throughout the day. The reported wind was 200 degrees at 20 KTS. The pilot was attempting to land on rwy 24R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ZG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280129
- Airframe hours
- 1,944
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike S. Deutsch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- PWK · Palwaukee, runway 24R, 3,500 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 39 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.