- Date
- June 8, 1987, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Steubenville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3644LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870608020199A
- Case key
- 7448
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Analysis
PIC rpted he flew over airport and noted wind direction as 290-300 degrees on wind indicator. He entered downwind for rwy 31 at uncontrolled field. Normal approach flown with full flaps on final with left crosswind correction. About 30-40 feet above rwy, acft quit flying and dropped. PIC said he recovered just above rwy. Gust lifted left wing, and right wing tip scraped rwy. Pit, 23 miles east, had wind 240/15G21. Owners manual states use min flap setting in strong crosswinds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3644L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253813
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beam, Joe B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2G2 · Steubenville-Pier, runway 31, 3,310 × 35 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIT, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.