- Date
- May 30, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Romeoville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68312Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880530018369A
- Case key
- 14083
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - poorCause
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68312
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282248
- Airframe hours
- 3,136
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Drake Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Drake Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1988 · 73 hours before
- Airport
- LOT · Lewis University, runway 27, 3,000 × 48 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 17 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.