- Date
- April 23, 1983, 12:26 local (17:26 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5527TCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423015689A
- Case key
- 12141
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 stated that during a landing, the left wing was caught by the wind and the aircraft drifted to the right. A go-around was initiated but the aircraft struck a runway light and a runway distance marker and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5527T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251427
- Airframe hours
- 3,176
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eastern Ohio Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1982 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- YNG · Yougstowm Muni, runway 14, 7,486 × 150 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 87 total · 87 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.