# NTSB CHI87DEE07: Cessna 172, N80379, Lansing, IL, April 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1987, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.560329, -87.539169 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5603&lon=-87.5392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEE07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEE07

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - flt control syst,wing flap control - erratic
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - preflight briefing service - not obtained, pilot in command
  - electrical system,circuit breaker - popped/tripped
  - electrical system,alternator - disabled

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO AN RPM FLUCTUATION HE HAD DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 27 WHEN THE WIND WAS FROM 020 DEGREES 14 KTS GUSTING 30 KNOTS. THE FLAP OPERATION WAS ALSO ERRATIC ACCORDING TO THE PLT. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY AND STRUCK A DITCH. POST ACC INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO REASON FOR THE ENG MALFUNCTION BUT THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80379](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80379), registered now, S/N 17266560, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- 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: 17266560
- Airframe hours: 2950
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: T & G Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Donald Zagorski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 18, 1986, 150 hours before
- Departed: MDW, CHICAGO, IL
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing, runway 27, 2,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 225 total, 70 in this make and model, 195 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 14 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 18 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870406008729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870406008729A), Apr 6, 1987: Cessna 172M, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. Flaps inoperative when PIC landed aircraft. Overshot runway and stopped in ditch. Evidence of poor maintenance.

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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