- Date
- October 8, 1983, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30168Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008053579A
- Case key
- 12475
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Aborted landing - performedFactor
Go-around - initiatedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy and into a fence during a crosswind landing. The landing was on rwy 9 and the wind was from 021 degrees at 5 KTS gusting to 22 KTS. The pilot had applied power for a go-around but not in time to prevent the touchdown. Then the acft veered left and collided with the fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30168
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701095
- Airframe hours
- 1,488
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald N. Kritzman
- Registered owner
- Omni Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 17, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 10C · Galt, runway 9, 2,642 × 36 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 12 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 21° at 5 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 20 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.