- Date
- November 14, 1983, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kentland, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2549LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831114057589A
- Case key
- 12495
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy into soft dirt during landing roll and cartwheeled. The student plt landed on rwy 27 with windsreported from the south at 18-20 KTS. After a 100 ft ground roll the acft left the rwy to the right into an open field where it cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2549L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255749
- Airframe hours
- 1,058
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis L. Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- RZL · Rensselaer, IN
- Airport
- 5OI · Kentland Municipal, runway 27, 3,500 × 50 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
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2549L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.