Accident · 2001-07-11

NTSB case CHI01LA205 · Cessna 172S · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2001-07-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 172S (N795SP)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Northern Illinois Flight Center, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Northern Illinois Flight Center

Probable cause

The student pilot misjudging the flare during that landing. Factors were the wrong runway selected by the student pilot, the tailwinds encountered during that landing and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during that landing.

Source: NTSB case CHI01LA205

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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