19871222072839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna STC172 · Staunton, IL · December 22, 1987

Date
December 22, 1987 · 12:30 local
Place
Staunton, IL
Airport
Willhoit
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78703
Reported as
Cessna STC172
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
295 total197 in this make and model19 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 on flare. Drifted left. Struck parked aircraft adjacent to runway. Stopped upside down.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON FLARE. DRIFTED LEFT. STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. STOPPED UPSIDE DOWN.