- Date
- March 21, 1982, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9131HCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820321007389A
- Case key
- 70262
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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 reported that the wind was blowing at 12 knots when he took off on a local flight. However, when he returned to land, it was from 270 degrees at about 30 knots. While landing on runway 18, the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway into soft mud and was damaged. The airport had another runway (14/32) which was hard surfaced and was 3900 ft long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9131H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265962
- Airframe hours
- 2,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hap'S Aerial Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Hap'S Aerial Enterprises
- Departed
- JVY · Clarksville, IN
- Destination
- JVY · Clarksville, IN
- Airport
- JVY · Clark County, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 95 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.