# NTSB CHI84LA261: Cessna 172N, N734FP, Kilbourne, IL, June 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1984, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Kilbourne, IL
- Coordinates: 40.150482, -89.999801 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1505&lon=-89.9998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA261
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA261

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL COCKED IN SAND WHILE TAXING AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N734FP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734FP-2018-03-06), registration cancelled 2018-03-06, S/N 17268822, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268822
- Airframe hours: 18775
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Baker Aerial Spraying/Sisson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 8, 1984, 306 hours before
- Airport: Al Baker, runway 9, 1,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 31 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 186° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: UIN, 75 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 19840622026479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840622026479A), Jun 22, 1984: Cessna 172N, Kilbourne, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft nosed over in soft sand. Student was taxiing for takeoff at a private strip.

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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