# NTSB CHI88LA077: Cessna 172, N35407, Mendota, IL, March 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Mendota, IL
- Coordinates: 41.550125, -89.119903 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5501&lon=-89.1199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14055
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14055/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA077

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - preflight briefing service - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, IN GUSTY, CROSSWIND CONDITIONS THE UPWIND WING OF THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSEOVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N35407](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35407-1991-05-17), registration cancelled 1991-05-17, S/N 17256753 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (registry code 2072426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256753
- Airframe hours: 1776
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Echo Flying Service
- Registered owner: Echo Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 25, 1988, 1 hours before
- Departed: C73, DIXON, IL
- Destination: 0C7
- Airport: 0C7, Grandpa'S Farm, runway 36, 3,980 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 191 total, 101 in this make and model, 135 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ARR, 33 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 19880326006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880326006519A), Mar 26, 1988: Cessna 172I, Mendota, IL, Substantial damage. A gust of wind lifted wing of aircraft on crosswind landilng fllipping lit over on its back. Wind exceeded control.

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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