# NTSB CHI84LA034: Cessna 172M, N1453U, Port Huron, MI, October 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 28, 1983, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Coordinates: 42.969295, -82.420837 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9693&lon=-82.4208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12489
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12489/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA034

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - object - animal(s) (contributing factor)
  - 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
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN SEVERAL DEER CAME OUT OF THE NEARBY WOODS & STOPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE ACFT DOWN WHILE STAYING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY BUT WENT OFF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A RAISED CONCRETE EDGE OF A TAXIWAY. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 5 & THE WINDS WERE GUSTING 30 KTS FROM 330 DEG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1453U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1453U), registered now, S/N 17267120, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- 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
- Serial number: 17267120
- Airframe hours: 1055
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E20 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth J. Wilhelm
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 15, 1983
- Departed: DTWW, DETROIT, MI
- Airport: PHN, St. Clair, runway 5, 5,105 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 898 total, 475 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 330° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: PHN, 12 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831028055759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831028055759A), Oct 28, 1983: Cessna 172M, Port Huron, MI, Substantial damage. To avoid deer on edge of runway, ran off downwind side of runway on landing. Wind exceeded crosswind component.

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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