# NTSB CHI86FER07: Cessna 172P, N99583, Webster, WI, May 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Webster, WI
- Coordinates: 45.87075, -92.359054 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8708&lon=-92.3591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FER07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13323/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FER07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE PLT NOTED A LOSS OF POWER AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING, ABOUT 40 FT ABOVE THE RWY. HE RPRTD THE ENG 'APPEARED TO RUN A LITTLE ABOVE IDLE.'  HE LANDED THE ACFT ON THE REMAINING RWY, BUT IT CONTD OFF THE DEPARTURE END & NOSED OVER. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED 38 GAL OF FUEL ON BOARD. DRG POST-ACDNT CHECKS, THE FUEL SYS & ENG FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N99583](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99583), registered now, S/N 17276471, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17276471
- Airframe hours: 461
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Flying Scotchman
- Registered owner: Diane M. Legierski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 12, 1986, 61 hours before
- Destination: MIC, CRYSTAL, MN
- Airport: Voyager, runway 4, 3,500 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 183 total, 183 in this make and model, 85 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860517018059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860517018059A), May 17, 1986: Cessna 172P, Webster, WI, Substantial damage. The engine lost power during takeoff and the aircraft flipped on landing. No cause for engine malfunction was found

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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