# NTSB CHI83LA259: Cessna 172, N19996, Gaylord, MI, June 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1983, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Coordinates: 45.020072, -84.670158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0201&lon=-84.6702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA259
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA259

## 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)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT INITIALLY DEPARTED GRAYLING, MI WITH INTERMEDIATE STOPS IN ALBA, GAYLORD, ALBA AGAIN, & FINALLY TERMINATING AT GRAYLING. THE PLT STATED HE LANDED SHORT AT ALBA. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS AT GAYLORD HE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PLT WAS UNAWARE OF DAMAGE TO THE ACFT UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE DAYS FLYING AT GRAYLING. THE TIME& LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT IS PRESUMED. GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS EXISTED AT BOTH ALBA & GAYLORD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19996](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19996), registered now, S/N 17260919, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 400
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kodiak Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 0D9, ALBA, MI
- Destination: GAYLORD, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 205 total, 165 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19830614025889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830614025889A), Jun 14, 1983: Cessna 172M, Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. Aircrafts elevator was damaged when the tail struck a barbed wire fence on final for landing.

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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