- Date
- January 7, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739BVCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840107001259A
- Case key
- 12518
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of recent experienceFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt landed left of the rwy centerline with the acft 5 degrees left of the rwy heading. He did not correct to the right and the acft collided with a snowbank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739BV
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270421
- Airframe hours
- 593
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Loren Meengs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1983
- Airport
- HLM · Park Township, runway 23, 3,075 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 6 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.