- Date
- February 16, 1985, 15:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6312RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850216006689A
- Case key
- 13005
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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.
Analysis
The acft slid into a snowbank at the end of a lndg roll on an icy rwy with a x-wind. The plt said that he did not use brakes because of the icy condition of the rwy. The x-wind weathervaned the acft to the left and into the snow alongside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6312R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0160
- Airframe hours
- 1,372
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360FIAG, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1G5 · Medina, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PTK · Pontiac, runway 27, 3,250 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 442 total · 308 in this make and model · 337 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 1 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.