- Date
- June 19, 1984, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4608VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840619025439A
- Case key
- 12660
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 - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - not correctedCause
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
The acft was observed by witnesses to slow and appear to stall and fall to the rwy as a burst of power was heard. The acft went off the rwy and collided with a parked C-310. The plt said a gust of wind ballooned the acft and he attempted to go-around but the tach did not come up to full RPM. Post accident test revealed no discrepancies with the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4608V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0339
- Airframe hours
- 1,066
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Co Trol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Airport
- PWK · Palwaukee
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 785 total · 13 in this make and model · 685 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.