# NTSB CHI87LA041: Cessna 152, N95614, Vergenns, IL, December 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1986, 12:49 local (18:49 UTC)
- Place: Vergenns, IL
- Coordinates: 37.900245, -89.329116 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9002&lon=-89.3291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - maneuver - excessive, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS, HE DESCENDED TO ABOUT 250 FEET AGL AND THEN SURRENDERED THE CONTROLS TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY ADDED FULL POWER AND BANKED THE ACFT TO THE LEFT, HOWEVER, THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT OR THE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N95614 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285937
- Airframe hours: 1343
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Southern Illinois University, doing business as Air Institue And Service
- Registered owner: Southern Illinois University
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 1, 1986, 51 hours before
- Departed: MDH, CARBONDALE, IL
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 742 total, 604 in this make and model, 539 as pilot in command, 128 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDH, 9 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 19861205065049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861205065049A), Dec 5, 1986: Cessna 152, Vergennes, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft stalled and struck the ground after a simulated approach. Instructor failed to raise flaps.

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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