Accident Cessna 172RG N6510V,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363616
 
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Date:Thursday 21 May 1992
Time:13:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C172 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 172RG
Owner/operator:Planemaster Services, Inc.
Registration: N6510V
MSN: 172RG0740
Total airframe hrs:4086 hours
Engine model:LYCOMING O-360-F1A6
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Dekalb, IL -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:West Chicago, IL (DPA
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PILOT HAD MADE THREE PREVIOUS APPROACHES AND LANDINGS ON THE SAME RUNWAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT DURING THE MORNING. SHORTLY AFTER THE FOURTH APPROACH WAS EXECUTED THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A STRONG DOWN DRAFT. WHILE IN THE DOWN DRAFT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK 60 FOOT HIGH POWERLINES WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE AIRPORT PARKING RAMP AND SLID ONTO THE GRASSY CLEARWAY ADJACENT TO THE RAMP.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT NOT MAINTAINING A PROPER GLIDEPATH TO THE LANDING RUNWAY.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI92LA155
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI92LA155

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 September 1994 N616SF Planemaster Services, Inc. 0 West Chicago, IL sub

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