# NTSB Accident CHI00LA309
> **Cessna 172P** · 2000-09-26 · WHEELING, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA309
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21940
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-09-26
- **Location:** WHEELING, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.130413, -87.919456
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N98629
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind that resulted in the failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.  Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, the ditch, the student's lack of experience, and the poor in-flight planning decision to land on a runway with a direct crosswind.

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