- Date
- April 8, 1990, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Savanna, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89594Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900408007579A
- Case key
- 14652
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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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The strong/gusty crosswind was a related factor.
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 pilot initiated a landing on runway 13 with a nearby station reporting winds from 230 deg at 17 gusting 25 KTS. After touchdown, the aircraft veered to the left & went off the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around. He said the aircraft lifted off, but touched down again in a 'soft grass' area, which caused a speed loss. He then aborted the go-around, but was unable to stop the aircraft before it went thru a ditch & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89594
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276009
- Airframe hours
- 2,642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce E. Hanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
- Destination
- SFY
- Airport
- SFY · Stransky Mem, runway 13, 2,950 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,058 total · 19 in this make and model · 1,040 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 17 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 41 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.