Cessna 172R N913MA

Summary

On 8 December 2006 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N913MA, operated by Northen Illinois Flight Center, Inc., was involved in an accident near Lake in the Hil, 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.

Date

8 December 2006 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake in the Hil, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lake in the Hills (3CK)

Coordinates

42.2069, -88.3231

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N913MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Northen Illinois Flight Center, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake in the Hil → Lake in the Hil

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07LA034

Nobody was injured.

The directional control not maintained/obtained by the pilot, and the lack of recent experience by the pilot. The snow bank was a contributing factor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane veered off the runway and impacted a snow bank during a touch and go landing. The airplane touched down 10 feet left of the runway centerline and veered off the runway during takeoff. The pilot, after not having flown since 1993, received a flight review on November 24, 2006, by a company certified flight instructor, The flight review was completed during one flight of 2.2 hours in duration and at least 1 hour of ground instruction. Federal Aviation Administration published guidance states a "rule of thumb" is to plan one hour of ground training and one hour of flight training for every year the pilot has been out of the cockpit.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.