- Date
- July 5, 1985, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Plainfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5356QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850705029819A
- Case key
- 12877
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Analysis
The student departed chicago midway & flew to the clow arpt to practice takeoffs & landings. On downwind at clow, the wind blew the acft toward the arpt, causing it to be too close in to the rwy. Subsequently, the student overshot the turn to final apch & contd the apch by angling back toward the rwy. When the acft landed, it was still angled to the left & went off the left side of the rwy. The student steered it back on the rwy & initiated a go-around. At about 75 ft AGL, the acft began turning left, then stalled, entered a steep descent & crashed. The student thought she had retracted the flaps, but the flaps & flap selector were found in the down position. The wind was reported as variable from 290 to 310 deg at 13 to 21 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5356Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073256
- Airframe hours
- 2,965
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- T & G Aviation
- Registered owner
- Jacob D. Willens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1984 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 1C5
- Airport
- 1C5 · Plainfield-Clow, runway 36, 3,370 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 27 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5356Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.