# NTSB CHI86FEE01: Cessna 172, N97266, Marseilles, IL, March 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1986, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Marseilles, IL
- Location: 41.3183° N, 88.6764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marseilles, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3183&lon=-88.6764&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEE01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97266), registered now, S/N 17276169, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-76169
- Airframe hours: 1008
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860323007519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860323007519A), Mar 23, 1986: Cessna 172P, Marseilles, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft could not climb over elevated tee box after downwind liftoff. Pilot failed to correct for drift.

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.

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