Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N99341

24 February 1996 · West Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 February 1996 at about 16:22 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N99341 was involved in an accident near West Chicago, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 16:22
Classification
Accident
Location
West Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport
Dupage Airport (DPA)
Coordinates
41.8791, -88.2206
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N99341
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI96LA097

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's misjudging the flare. A factor was the gusts.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was conducting a full stop landing following a local solo flight. This was his first solo flight out of the airport traffic pattern. The pilot stated that he lost control of the airplane during the flare and the airplane landed hard on the nose landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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