- Date
- January 8, 1982, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sandusky, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737LHCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820108000529A
- Case key
- 72516
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The wind was from the south-southwest at 15, gusting 20 knots. The fixed base operator had advised all pilots to use runway 18. After arriving, the pilot of N737LH saw another aircraft using runway 27 and elected to land on that runway. He noted a left crosswind on final approach and corrected accordingly. After touchdown on the ice covered runway, the wind blew the aircraft to the right. The plane departed the runway, hit a snowberm, and flipped over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737LH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269497
- Airframe hours
- 2,477
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark F Winter
- Registered owner
- Janos P Kovacs
- Departed
- Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- Sandusky, OH
- Airport
- SKY · Griffing-Sandusky, runway 27, 3,565 × 60 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 14 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 37 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.
Other investigations on N737LH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.