# NTSB CHI84LA017: Cessna 177, N30168, Wonder Lake, IL, October 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1983, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Wonder Lake, IL
- Coordinates: 42.379055, -88.359245 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3791&lon=-88.3592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12475
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12475/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701095
- Airframe hours: 1488
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831008053579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831008053579A), Oct 8, 1983: Cessna 177, Wonder Lake, IL, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing in a gusty crosswind. Ran off runway into a fence. Crosswind component exceeded.

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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