- Date
- December 18, 1989, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Romeoville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9562BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891218055649A
- Case key
- 14450
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Probable cause
Dual student's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and remedial action not attained by the CFI. A factor related to the accident was: a snow bank adjacent the runway.
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.
Analysis
The dual student was attempting a short-field takeoff in preparation for commercial certification. An instructor occupied the right seat. The student and instructor stated a wind gust at liftoff raised the right wing and displaced the airplane left. The left wingtip dragged snow-covered ground alongside the runway, pivoting the airplane left and nose down to a stop. Takeoff runway was 24; winds were variable 240 to 270 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 15.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9562B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0882
- Airframe hours
- 1,763
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Business Flyers
- Registered owner
- Zethcon Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- LOT
- Airport
- LOT · Lewis, runway 24, 3,000 × 175 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,743 total · 94 in this make and model · 1,604 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 95 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.