- Date
- February 29, 1984, 19:30 local (Mar 1, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736JTCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12554
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not corrected
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt lost directional control of the acft during landing on an icy rwy in a gusty crosswind. The acft skidded to the left and contacted a snowbank, after which it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736JT
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722555
- Airframe hours
- 2,161
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K1, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Abshire
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 28, 1983 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- VIN · Quincey, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MNN · Marion Muni, runway 24, 4,320 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 366 total · 294 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg