# NTSB CHI84LA248: Cessna 172RG, N4608V, Wheeling, IL, June 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1984, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.130695, -87.920372 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1307&lon=-87.9204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12660/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA248

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0339
- Airframe hours: 1066
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840619025439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840619025439A), Jun 19, 1984: Cessna 172RG, Wheeling, IL, Substantial damage. Overshooting the runway,tried to go around. Stalled and collided with a parked aircraft. Lack of skill and judgment.

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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