# NTSB CHI86FA100: Cessna 172M, N72MA, Lafox, IL, March 8, 1986 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: March 8, 1986, 15:56 local (21:56 UTC) - Place: Lafox, IL - Location: 41.9279° N, 88.5189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from DUPAGE (DPA), within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9279&lon=-88.5189&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 13247 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA100 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13247/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA100 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - Midair collision, approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - Miscellaneous/other, landing - landing gear,nose gear - separation - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command ## Analysis (aircraft 2) AN INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI/CFII) & HIS STUDENT (PVT SINGLE ENG RATED PLT) WERE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT IN A CESSNA 172, N72MA. THE STUDENT HAD RRECENTLY BEEN TAKING INSTRUMENT FLT TRAINING & HAD A HOOD FOR USE ON THIS FLT. PRIOR TO THE ACDNT. THE CESSNA 172 WAS PROCEEDING GENERALLY ON A SE HDG AS IF TO INTERCEPT THE ILS RWY 10 LOCALIZER FOR THE DU PAGE ARPT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A CESSNA 206, N2544X, WAS PROCEEDING INBOUND TWD THE DU PAGE ARPT FROM THE WEST AT AN ALT OF 2500 FT MSL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TWO ACFT CONVERGED & COLLIDED ABOUT 2 MI WEST OF THE OUTER MARKER/FINAL APCH FIX & APRX 1/4 MI SOUTH OF THE LOCALIZER COURSE LINE. THE MIN ALT FOR THE ILS APCH IN THAT AREA WAS 2600 FT MSL UNTIL INTER- CEPTING THE GLIDE SLOPE. DURING THE ACDNT, THE NOSE GEAR OF THE CESSNA 206 & THE EMPENNAGE OF THE CESSNA 172 COLLIDED. THE CESSNA 172 WENT OUT OF CONTROL & CRASHED IN A STEEP DSCNT. THE CESSNA 206 CONTINUED FLYING & WAS LANDED WITHOUT A NOSE GEAR. NEITHER FLT HAD REQUESTED NOR WERE PROVIDED RADAR SEPN. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) AN INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI/CFII) & HIS STUDENT (PVT SINGLE ENG RATED PLT) WERE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT IN A CESSNA 172, N72MA. THE STUDENT HAD RECENTLY BEEN TAKING INSTRUMENT FLT TRAINING & HAD A HOOD FOR USE ON THIS FLT. PRIOR TO THE ACDNT, THE CESSNA 172 WAS PROCEEDING GENERALLY ON A SE HDG AS IF TO INTERCEPT THE ILS RWY 10 LOCALIZER FOR THE DU PAGE ARPT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A CESSNA 206, N2544X, WAS PROCEEDING INBOUND TWD THE DU PAGE ARPT FROM THE WEST AT AN ALT OF 2500 FT MSL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TWO ACFT CONVERGED & COLLIDED ABOUT 2 MI WEST OF THE OUTER MARKER/FINAL APCH FIX & APRX 1/4 MI SOUTH OF THE LOCALIZER COURSE LINE. THE MIN ALT FOR THE ILS APCH IN THAT AREA WAS 2600 FT MSL UNTIL INTER- CEPTING THE GLIDE SLOPE. DURING THE ACDNT, THE NOSE GEAR OF THE CESSNA 206 & THE EMPENNAGE OF THE CESSNA 172 COLLIDED. THE CESSNA 172 WENT OUT OF CONTROL & CRASHED IN A STEEP DSCNT. THE CESSNA 206 CONTINUED FLYING & WAS LANDED WITHOUT A NOSE GEAR. NEITHER FLT HAD REQUESTED NOR WERE PROVIDED RADAR SEPN. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N72MA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72MA-2015-05-05), registration cancelled 2015-05-05, S/N 17264918, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17264918 - Airframe hours: 1830 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Michael F. Schwartz - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 13, 1985, 65 hours before - Departed: DPA, WEST CHICAGO, IL - Airport: DPA, Du Page, runway 10, 4,001 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: N2544X (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 206 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P206-0044 - Airframe hours: 2500 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John Pelland - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, June 17, 1985, 70 hours before - Departed: DKB, DEKALB, IL - Destination: DPA, WEST CHICAGO, IL - Airport: DPA, Du Page, runway 10, 4,001 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N72MA; age 49; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,050 total, 25 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N2544X; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 371 total, 150 in this make and model, 269 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 18 knots, gusting 28 - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19860308070561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860308070561A), Mar 8, 1986: Cessna 172M, Lafox, IL, Destroyed. Instructor failed to see and avoid another plane while he was coaching a student during simulated instrument flight - [Accident 19860308070562A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860308070562A), Mar 8, 1986: Cessna P206, Lafox, IL, Minor damage. Pilot failed to see and avoid another plane while tracking inbound on localizer. Nose wheel knocked off by N72MA. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.