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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI85LA033

1984-10-28 CHICAGO, Illinois, United States Airport · MDW None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N66964

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172P

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19830517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8D8EF

Registrant of record

TYLER DANIEL JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PVT PLT STATED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY ON THE ACFT BEFORE FLT BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE OPERATOR THAT IT WAS SAFE TO FLY. HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING, WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, IT BEGAN TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY AND THE NOSE TIRE BLEW. INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE ACFT FIREWALL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_CHI85LA033.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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