# NTSB ATL88LA001: Cessna 172P, N66090, Hilton Head, SC, October 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1987, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Coordinates: 32.159072, -80.759971 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1591&lon=-80.7600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7646/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA001

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PERFORMING A CROSSWIND LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY AND ONE WHEEL WAS OFF THE PAVED SURFACE UPON THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN. THE STUDENT PLT ATTEMPTED TO HOLD THE ACFT STRAIGHT IN THE DIRECTION IT WAS GOING. THE NOSE WHEEL DROPPED IN A SHALLOW DITCH AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66090](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66090), registered now, S/N 17275963, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275963
- Airframe hours: 1798
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Low Country Air Service,Inc.
- Registered owner: Arcft Rental & Leasing, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1987, 43 hours before
- Departed: GRE, NO.MYRTLE BCH, SC
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 49J, Hilton Head, runway 21, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAV, 27 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 19871003058769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871003058769A), Oct 3, 1987: Cessna 172P, Hilton Head, SC, Substantial damage. Student made a crosswind landing. Bounced. Drifted left. Aircraft landed on grass. Hit a small ditch. Nosed over.

## Other investigations on N66090 (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 ERA15CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA196), Apr 17, 2015: Cessna 172P (N66090), Sebastian, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged airspeed and glidepath, which resulted in a landing area overshoot and runway excursion.

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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