# NTSB CHI84FA402: Cessna 152, N757ZG, Wheeling, IL, September 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1984, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.129745, -87.919609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1297&lon=-87.9196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA402
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12430/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA402

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - weather condition - high wind
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757ZG-2013-08-28), registration cancelled 2013-08-28, S/N 15280129, 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: 15280129
- Airframe hours: 1944
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840924054889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840924054889A), Sep 24, 1984: Cessna 152, Wheeling, IL, Destroyed. Student pilot unable to handle crosswind, attempted go around and stalled aircraft, impacted ground.

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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