- Date
- April 9, 1987, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vidalia, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75961Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870409008929A
- Case key
- 7404
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that he apparently had his left foot too high on the left rudder pedal while making a x-wind ldg. The left wheel skidded on the touchdown and the acft ran off the left side of the rwy. The nose wheel subsequently broke off and the acft nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75961
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268071
- Airframe hours
- 1,634
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Stribling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Airport
- VDI · Vidalia Municipal, runway 36, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 47 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.