- Date
- September 5, 1992, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9578BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920905035359A
- Case key
- 15550
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Probable cause
Main landing gear collapse as a result of the failure of a landing gear hydraulic pump seal.
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 was making pattern approach for landing. He stated that he visually confirmed the landing gear was down. During landing rollout both main landing gear collapsed. The investigation revealed that a seal on the landing gear hydraulic pump had ruptured resulting in loss of system fluid.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9578B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0895
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Lindstaedt
- Registered owner
- Sky-Vu Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- UMP · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 15 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.