- Date
- September 13, 1973
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19730913034651A19730913034652A
- Case key
- 187758
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4092 73/9/13 WHEELING,ILL CESSNA 150G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1606 N3076S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 4 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- C-150 IN CLOSED PATTERN RWY 6L.ARPT TRAFFIC AREA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4092 73/9/13 WHEELING,ILL CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 400 TIME - 1606 N2665L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- C-172 INSTD BY TWR TO FLY OVR ARPT AT 2000FT,CIRCLE LEFT FOR RWY 6L.MADE STRAIGHT-IN APCH.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2665L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
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.
- Registration
- N3076S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2665L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN91LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBuena Vista, COThe failure of the pilot to flare properly during landing. The pilot's total lack of experience is a factor.NTSB CHI84LA213Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPort Washington, WIThe plt stated that after takeoff from a sod field covered with tall grass, the acft drifted to the right of the rwy. While bringing the acft back to the center of the rwy, the acft stalled. The nose gear hit the ground & collapsed, the left wing hit a fence…