- Date
- December 5, 1987, 20:57 local (Dec 6, 1987, 02:57 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757KWCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871206069659A
- Case key
- 14024
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt returned to the arpt after dark & noted there was an excessive x-wind for the active rwy. He elected to land on the unlighted grass rwy (rwy 14) which was aligned more favorably with the wind. He thought that on final apch, he had aligned the acft with the rwy centerline. However, during the landing, the acft touched down in soft terrain beside the rwy & subsequently nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757KW
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279810
- Airframe hours
- 2,788
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert N. Woll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1987 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Airport
- 3LC · Logan County, runway 14, 3,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 124 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.