39.6335° N, 86.8138° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PUTNAM COUNTY RGNL (GPC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 6, 1985 · 19:15 local
Place
Greencastle, IN
Airport
Putnam Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3256L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total250 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost directional control and ran off ice and snow covered runway. Struck snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RAN OFF ICE AND SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. STRUCK SNOWBANK.