- Date
- August 26, 1999, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N61612Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990826025439A
- Case key
- 47181
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and not performing a maneuver to avoid obstructions. A factor was the road signs.
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 airplane was landed on the road in a precautionary landing following a rough running engine. The pilot obtained the services of a mechanic to repair the airplane's magneto. After the repairs were completed, the pilot was taxiing the airplane for departure when both wings were damaged when they impacted road signs on each side of the roadway. Witnesses saw the airplane approaching the signs; however, had no way of warning the pilot who did not see them prior to impact.
Factual narrative
On August 26, 1999, at 1045 central daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N61612, sustained substantial damage while taxiing on a roadway for departure, near Bloomington, Illinois. The airline transport pilot reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight was originating at the time of the accident with the intended destination of Saint Louis, Missouri.
The airplane was landed on the road in a precautionary landing following a rough running engine. The pilot obtained the services of a mechanic to repair the airplane's magneto. After the repairs were completed, the pilot was taxiing the airplane for departure when both wings were damaged when they impacted road signs on each side of the roadway.
Witnesses saw the airplane approaching the signs; however, had no way of warning the pilot who did not see them prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61612
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264675
- Airframe hours
- 3,909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Philip S. Kola
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1999 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,096 total · 460 in this make and model · 1,585 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMI, 5 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.