# NTSB CHI90DEV05: Cessna 172P, N64085, Jerseyville, IL, June 3, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1990, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Jerseyville, IL
- Coordinates: 39.110935, -90.319839 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1109&lon=-90.3198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14499
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90DEV05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14499/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEV05

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO GO AROUND WHEN CROSSWINDS UPSET AIRCRAFT ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY IN THE FLARE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO LAND IN CROSSWINDS WHICH EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM FOR WHICH THE MODEL HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED CAPABLE.

## Analysis

PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING IN GUSTING CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND WITH LEFT WING, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER. PILOT STATES WIND GUST DESTABILIZED AIRPLANE AT THE FLARE. WINDS AT NEAREST OBSERVATION FACILITY WERE 60 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY HEADING AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS 25 MINUTES PRIOR; 35 MINUTES AFTER MISHAP, WINDS WERE 70 DEGREES OFF AT 18, GUSTING TO 28. DEMONSTRATED MAXIMUM CROSSWIND CAPABILITY IN THIS MODEL AIRPLANE IS 15 KNOTS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64085](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64085-1991-06-24), registration cancelled 1991-06-24, S/N 17275518 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172 75518
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerseyville Sport Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 1990, 9 hours before
- Airport: OK5, Jerseyville, runway 18, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 347 total, 89 in this make and model, 299 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALN, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900603018049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900603018049A), Jun 3, 1990: Cessna 172P, Jerseyville, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control in gusty wind during flare for landing. Swept off runway, collapsed nose gear and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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