# NTSB CHI87LA199: Cessna 172P, N54452, Wheeling, IL, August 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.129669, -87.920463 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1297&lon=-87.9205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13814/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA199

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54452), registered now, S/N 17274977, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- 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: 17274977
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870829050429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870829050429A), Aug 29, 1987: Cessna 172P, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Veered off the runway on the landing roll. Ran into a ditch and nosed over. Indicates pilot landed in a crab angle.

## Other investigations on N54452 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI85LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA371), Sep 7, 1985: Cessna 172P (N54452), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage

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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