# NTSB ATL87LA165: Cessna 172G, N3644L, Steubenville, OH, June 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1987, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Steubenville, OH
- Coordinates: 40.359146, -80.639228 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3591&lon=-80.6392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7448
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7448/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA165

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3644L), registered now, S/N 17253813, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253813
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870608020199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870608020199A), Jun 8, 1987: Cessna 172G, Steubenville, OH, Substantial damage. Wind shear on final. Aircraft fell to the runway in a stall. Crosswind exceded pilots and aircraft ability.

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.

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