# Accident 19970607013619A: Cessna 172M, Put In Bay, OH, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 12:35 local time
- Place: Put In Bay, OH
- Airport: Put In Bay Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6406° N, 82.8201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6406&lon=-82.8201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5267R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5267R-1997-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607013619A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING, CROSSWIND BLEW PLANE OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. STALLED TRYING TO GO AROUND. IMPACTED GROUND. (-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WHEN A CROSSWIND FORCED HIM OFF THE LINE OF RUNWAY. PILOT COLLIDED WITH GROUND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. (.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT ARRIVED AT HIS DESTINATION IN A HIGH WIND CONDITION WITH A STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY STARTED TOO HIGH AND TOO CLOSE, SO THE PILOT UTILIZED FULL FLAPS.  THE AIRPLANE DID NOT TOUCH DOWN AND WITH NO RUNWAY REMAINING, THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND.  THE PILOT MADE A LEFT CLIMBING TURN TO AVOID FLYING OVER WATER AND A RESTRICTED AREA LOCATED A 1.5 MILES AWAY.  IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GO AROUND, THE PILOT FORGOT TO RAISE THE FLAPS.  HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB AND KEPT LOSING ALTITUDE.  WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING AND FISHTAILING IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE WHEN THE WING COLLIDED WITH A TREE.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 IAD97LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA084), Jun 7, 1997: Cessna 172M (N5267R), Put-In-Bay, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: Pilot in command failed to maintain control of the airplane. Factors to the accident where high wind conditions with a strong crosswind component and the pilot's inadvertent failure to raise the…

## Other reports on N5267R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850617028569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850617028569A), Jun 17, 1985: Cessna 172M (N5267R), Jenison, MI, Substantial damage. Drifted during crosswind flare and touched down beside runway. Nosed over approaching a gully.

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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