- Date
- February 20, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6450KCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850220003919A
- Case key
- 13009
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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 nosed over after a loss of control during landing roll portion of a touch & go lndg. The low flt time student plt was practicing endings solo when control was lost and the acft left the rwy. The plt reported that he was resetting the carb heat & flaps during the lndg roll jist prior to the loss of control. The acft nosed over in snow covered grass. The plt was lndg in a 10 kt x-wind from the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6450K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274197
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kamtech, Inc.
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland-Pontiac, runway 27, 3,250 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 6 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.