- Date
- October 16, 1989, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Lenox, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4269FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891016044219A
- Case key
- 14583
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain wind information, which resulted in his selection of an unfavorable (wrong) runway. A factor related to the accident was: the crosswind condition.
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
After a local flight (about 15 min), the plt & passengers returned to the arpt & landed with a x-wind on the same rwy. During the landing, the left wing tip struck the ground & was damaged. The plt rprtd that when he departed, the wind was 'right down the runway.' He did not consider that the wind would have shifted to a x-wind by the time they had returned. Another rwy (5/23) was available at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4269F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46169
- Airframe hours
- 3,816
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald A. Roethle
- Registered owner
- Roethle, Donald A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1989
- Departed
- 1C2 · New Lenox, IL
- Airport
- 1C2 · New Lenox-Howell, runway 31, 3,000 × ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 360 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 20 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.