- Date
- December 5, 1985, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Crookston, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3386TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851205067779A
- Case key
- 13388
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Planned approach - poorCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While doing a 270 degree turn on base leg for runway realignment the pilot permitted the acft to fly into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3386T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700686
- Airframe hours
- 2,215
- Engine
- Lycoming 0320E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. M. Wikoff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1985 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- CKN · Crookston, MN
- Destination
- 1
- Airport
- CKN · Crookston, runway 13, 3,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
N3386TRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming O-360-A1A
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,545 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,430 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -9 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 23 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.
Other investigations on N3386T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.