- Date
- March 23, 1986, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marseilles, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97266Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860323007519A
- Case key
- 13286
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The takeoff was being made from an arpt which is on the grounds of a golf course. During takeoff the nose wheel struck the raised terrain of a golf tee located aprx 75 ft left of the rwy 18 centerline and 1000 ft from the departure end of the rwy. The plt reported local winds from 270 degs at 7 KTS gusting to 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97266
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-76169
- Airframe hours
- 1,008
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- November 97266 Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1986 · 85 hours before
- Destination
- LOT · Romeoville, IL
- Airport
- Prairie Lake Hunt Club, runway 18, 2,140 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.