# NTSB CHI87LA226: Cessna 172, N5196K, Frankfort, IL, September 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1987, 20:15 local (Sep 27, 1987, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Frankfort, IL
- Coordinates: 41.490535, -87.830551 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4905&lon=-87.8306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13838
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13838/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA226

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - roadway/highway (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A FLT WITH 2 PAX ABOARD. HE RPRTD THAT DRG A NGT LNDG, THE ACFT BOUNCED & BALLOONED. HE ADDED PWR TO FLY THE ACFT BACK DOWN TO THE RWY, BUT IT BOUNCED & BALLOONED AGAIN. BY THIS TIME, THE ACFT WAS ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLT GOT THE ACFT STABILIZED ON THE RWY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN THE REMAINING DISTANCE. AFTER CONTINUING OFF THE DEPARTURE END, THE ACFT CROSSED A ROAD & CAME TO REST IN A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5196K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5196K-1990-06-01), registration cancelled 1990-06-01, S/N 17274006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274006
- Airframe hours: 4033
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Frankfort Aviation Service
- Registered owner: Gla Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: AAIP, September 4, 1987, 47 hours before
- Departed: C18
- Airport: C18, Frankfort, runway 27, 3,176 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 101 total, 20 in this make and model, 68 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA, 34 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 19870926058669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870926058669A), Sep 26, 1987: Cessna 172N, Frankfort, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised then added power to recover but ran off end of runway into a ditch. Had not flown for a time.

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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