# Accident 19871222072839A: Cessna STC172, Staunton, IL, December 22, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1987, 12:30 local time
- Place: Staunton, IL
- Airport: Willhoit
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0456° N, 89.8407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLHOIT (IS33), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0456&lon=-89.8407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78703, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78703-1989-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 197 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871222072839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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