- Date
- August 24, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64191Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870824080289A
- Case key
- 7504
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was returning to his home airport after receiving a notice of disapproval for his pvt plt practical test. While on final apch to land, he noted a quartering x-wind & elected to use the crab method for controlling drift. Just before touchdown, he removed the crab & touched down in a right drift. He said he applied left rudder & the acft completed a 360 deg left turn (ground loop) on the rwy. The prop & rgt wing were damaged during the occurrence. The 1402 wind at Marietta, GA was from 280 deg at 2 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64191
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172 65076
- Airframe hours
- 2,225
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- U.S. Navy Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Skelton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1987 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 4A4 · Cedartown, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NCQ · Nas Atlanta, runway 11, 10,000 × 300 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N64191 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.