- Date
- June 23, 1985, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96570Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850623064039A
- Case key
- 13109
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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 - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Wind information - not followedCause
Weather evaluation - poorCause
Hard landing
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Proper descent rate - misjudgedCause
QualificationCause
Lack of experienceCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The acft collided with a fence during landing the wind was from 230 degrees at 14 KTS and the landg was on rwy 28 the plt said that may be she would have had better control with less than full flaps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96570
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276087
- Airframe hours
- 790
- Engine
- Lycoming 0320D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. And Lana J Sparp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 2, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- I15 · Lancaster, OH
- Airport
- I15 · Fairfield Co., runway 28, 5,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
N96570Registration cancelled May 3, 2011 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 58 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 25 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.