# NTSB Accident CHI96LA140
> **Cessna 172** · 1996-04-21 · DEKALB, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA140
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05539
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-04-21
- **Location:** DEKALB, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.890419, -88.750633
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N6542J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision, and his delay in taking remedial action to regain directional control of the airplane.  Factors relating to the accident were: the student's improper flare for landing, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane; and the proximity of a pole to the runway.

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