- Date
- August 29, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54452Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870829050429A
- Case key
- 13814
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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
According to the plt, the lndg was normal until after touchdown when the acft bgn to 'track' toward the rgt side of the rwy. The plt said he applied left rudder, but the acft contd off the rgt side, went into a drainage ditch with standing water & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54452
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274977
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-P2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Univ. Of Michigan Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Univ. Of Michigan Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 12, 1987
- Departed
- PWK
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, runway 16, 5,100 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 9 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 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.
Other investigations on N54452 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.