# NTSB CHI84LA108: Cessna 172P, N62244, Lansing, MI, February 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.700603, -84.549217 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7006&lon=-84.5492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62244), registered now, S/N 17275234 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275234
- Airframe hours: 734
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840212003769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840212003769A), Feb 12, 1984: Cessna 172P, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing. Aircraft crashed into gully off side of runway.

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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