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CHI84LA087

1984-01-18 · ROCK FALLS, Illinois, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SQI

N10502 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT STATED THAT THE STUDENT PLT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH HE ADVISED THE STUDENT PLT TO ADD ENGINE POWER. THE STUDENT DID SO VERY RAPIDLY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. BEFORE THE ENGINE COULD BE RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, AND NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_CHI84LA087.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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