- Date
- February 12, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62244Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840212003769A
- Case key
- 12547
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose down
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy during landing. The plt tried to straighten the acft with rudder pressure but the acft continued off the rwy into a gully of snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62244
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275234
- Airframe hours
- 734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D23, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- General Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 28, 1983 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 9L, 3,600 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 7 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.