- Date
- July 26, 1992, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chenoa, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8262LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920726030059A
- Case key
- 15498
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning and preparation on the part of the pilot. Factors associated with this accident were a lack of recent experience in the type of operation the pilot was undertaking, a proper climb rate not obtained by the pilot and remedial action not performed by the pilot.
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 he performed a soft field takeoff from a sod field which had been rained upon during the previous evening. According to the pilot, the airplane did not climb once it had lifted off and was in ground effect. The pilot stated he decided to abort the flight and land into a corn field because of the lack of climb performance. The pilot stated he used the airplane manufacturer's prescribed soft field takeoff techniques. When asked if he had extended the required wing flaps prior to takeoff initiation he stated he did not.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8262L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256462
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hall Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hall Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 11LL
- Destination
- VPZ · Valpariso, IN
- Airport
- 11IL · Thacker--Rla, runway 18, 2,450 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,530 total · 906 in this make and model · 2,313 as pilot in command · 174 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 22 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.
Other investigations on N8262L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.