# NTSB CHI83LA177: Cessna 172, N5527T, Youngstown, OH, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 12:26 local (17:26 UTC)
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Coordinates: 41.250156, -80.669052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2502&lon=-80.6691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12141
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12141/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA177

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5527T-1983-11-17), registration cancelled 1983-11-17, S/N 17251427, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251427
- Airframe hours: 3176
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830423015689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423015689A), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna 172E, Youngstown, OH, Destroyed. Wind raised a wing on level off for landing. Tried to go around. Drifted off runway. Struck a marker and overturned

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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