# NTSB CHI84LA077: Cessna 172, N739BV, Holland, MI, January 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Holland, MI
- Coordinates: 42.769035, -86.099327 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7690&lon=-86.0993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12518/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA077

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739BV), registered now, S/N 17270421, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17270421
- Airframe hours: 593
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840107001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107001259A), Jan 7, 1984: Cessna 172N, Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Landed on an angle to the runway. Ran off the runway into a snowbank and nosed over.

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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