Huntley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Huntley, Illinois 60137
Thursday, March 10, 1983 14:00 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS AWARE OF THE CROSS WIND SO HE USED ONLY 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. THE ACFT BEGAN TO DRIFT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 31. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS HOLDING 80 KTS ON APPROACH AND AS HE STARTED TO FLARE THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE RT MAIN GEAR AND BOUNCED. THE WIND BLEW THE ACFT LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT LANDED HARD ON THE LEFT GEAR AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/10/1983
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1400
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City HUNTLEY
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60137
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HUNTLEY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID C49
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 890
Weather Briefing Completeness Partial - limited by pilot
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1250
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID DPA
Elevation of weather observation facility 757
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 30
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1400
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 3
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -1
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 3367
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 20465
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2558S
NTSB Number CHI83LA132
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 210
Aircraft Series Identifier 210
Aircraft Serial Number 21061328
Certified Max Gross Weight 3812
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 1 1982 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 0
Airframe Hours 2548
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RICHARD PRUETT
Aircraft Owner Street Address 242 MONTCLAIR
Aircraft Owner City GLEN ELLYN
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60137
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LEX
Departure City LEXINGTON
Departure State KY
Departure Country
Departure Time 1200
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 31
Runway Length 3150
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --