ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177554
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 2015 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Fox Flying Club Inc |
| Registration: | N62681 |
| MSN: | 17275323 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9800 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | DuPage County Forest Preserve, south Bartlett, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Schaumburg, ID (06C) |
| Dupage, IL (DPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was returning from a short cross-country flight. He radioed the tower controller and reported inbound; however, he stated that he had a problem with the rudder and he wanted to "play" with it a bit. The pilot declined any assistance from the controller. About 1 1/2 minutes later, the airplane disappeared from radar, and the pilot did not respond to radio calls. The wreckage was located about 5 miles northeast of the airport in a vacant field. The airframe and rudder controls were partially fragmented on impact. The examination of the rudder controls and wreckage did not reveal any preimpact abnormities.
During the investigation, it was noted that the pilot wore an orthopedic-type shoe with an extended spring-like heel. Due to the fragmentation of the rudder controls, the investigation was unable to determine if an object, such as the pilot's shoe, became wedged under or between the rudder pedals, which could have led the pilot to become distracted. Although diphenhydramine, a potentially impairing medication, was detected during toxicological testing, it could not be determined what effect, if any, this had on the pilot’s ability to control the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined because an examination of the airplane did not reveal any preimpact abnormalities.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2015 04:43 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Jul-2015 04:45 | Geno | Updated [Time] |
| 09-Jul-2015 17:48 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 15:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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