Plane Crash List

Cessna 177 N30168

8 October 1983 · Wonder Lake, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 October 1983 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N30168, operated by Ronald N. Kritzman, was involved in an accident near Wonder Lake, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Wonder Lake, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport
Galt (10C)
Coordinates
42.3791, -88.3592
Aircraft
Cessna 177
Registration
N30168
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Ronald N. Kritzman
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Chicago → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI84LA017

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY AND INTO A FENCE DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 9 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 021 DEGREES AT 5 KTS GUSTING TO 22 KTS. THE PILOT HAD APPLIED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT THE TOUCHDOWN. THEN THE ACFT VEERED LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH THE FENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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