- Date
- May 16, 1984, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- West Lafayette, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8890VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840516017179A
- Case key
- 12615
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The acrt swerved off the rwy into soft plowed terrain and nosed over. The plt said that the wind had changed direction and velocity since his takeoff 2 hours before.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8890V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264248
- Airframe hours
- 468
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- PHD · Philadelphia, OH
- Airport
- 80G · Tri-City, runway 28, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 140 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ZZV, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.