- Date
- May 21, 1992, 14:42 local (18:42 UTC)
- Place
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97154Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920521015589A
- Case key
- 11796
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control.
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 pilot had completed 2 touch and go landings successfully. She was transitioning from landing to takeoff, and as she added full power, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and collided with a fence. The pilot stated that she realized she could not get back on the runway so she reduced the power to idle and stepped on the brakes. The pilot reported there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97154
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276160
- Airframe hours
- 4,882
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Panorama Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Ira D. Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Airport
- POU · Dutchess City, runway 33, 3,003 × 100 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 38 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IGN, 3 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.