- Date
- January 24, 1984, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Macomb, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66978Cessna C-172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840124001869A
- Case key
- 12535
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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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The acft swerved off the rwy into a ditch during a crosswind landing. The wind was from 180 degrees at 10 KTS. The plt said that he lost directional control of the acft because of the wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66978
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172759995
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peoria Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GBG · Galesburg, IL
- Airport
- 2 · Macomb Muni, runway 26, 3,900 × 60 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 187 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GBG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.