- Date
- August 29, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grayslake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53700Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860829076599A
- Case key
- 13274
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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
Drg cruise flt, there was a loss of eng power (decreasing to 1900 RPM). The plt initiated a precautionary landing on rwy 27, but overran the intended landing area. The acft contd beyond the end of the rwy & subsequently flipped over in a corn field, west of the arpt. An inspn of the carburetor revealed unidentifiable foreign matter in the main metering jet which would not allow the engine to operate at full power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53700
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274802
- Airframe hours
- 1,586
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael L. Deruntz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Destination
- 63C · Friendship, WI
- Airport
- C81 · Campbell, runway 27, 3,250 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 77 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 26 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.
Other investigations on N53700 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.