- Date
- June 14, 1992, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62538Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614019999A
- Case key
- 15464
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper approach to landing. Related factors are the thunderstorm and the excessive airspeed.
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 stated there was a level three thunderstorm just west of the destination airport. They encountered moderate turbulence while tracking the localizer course for the runway. He reported he increased his approach speed because of the weather. He stated 'as I reached the approach end of runway 16, I reduced power to idle and added full flaps. Just before touching down I realized...there might not be enough runway for the aircraft to come to a full stop... .' The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway and swerved left before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62538
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275298
- Airframe hours
- 2,382
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- 538 Limited
- Registered owner
- 538 Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 31, 1992 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- EGV · Eagle River, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWK · Palwaukee, runway 16, 5,137 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 576 total · 274 in this make and model · 437 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWK, 1 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.