# Accident 19890107000289A: Cessna 172L, Alturas, CA, January 7, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1989, 11:55 local time
- Place: Alturas, CA
- Airport: Alturas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4860° N, 120.5631° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4860&lon=-120.5631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3857Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3857Q-1991-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 836 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890107000289A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL ON FLARE FOR LANDING. LANDED IN CRAB. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO DEEP SNOW AND NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX89LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA080), Jan 7, 1989: Cessna 172 (N3857Q), Alturas, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON THE SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY, RESULTING IN A NOSE-OVER WHEN THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO DEEPER SNOW.

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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