- Date
- October 28, 1984, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66964Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028061799A
- Case key
- 12946
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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.
Analysis
The pvt plt stated that he was aware of a nose wheel shimmy on the acft before flt but was advised by the operator that it was safe to fly. He stated that upon landing, when the nose wheel touched down, it began to shimmy violently and the nose tire blew. Inspection revealed damage to the acft firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66964
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275994
- Airframe hours
- 833
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ciel Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 9, 1984 · 32 hours before
- Airport
- MDW · Midway, runway 31R, 5,390 × 175 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 79
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 713 total · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.