- Date
- January 5, 1986, 22:05 local (Jan 6, 1986, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8521XCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860105000329A
- Case key
- 13402
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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 touched down hard on the nose gear during a x-wind landing. The plt reported the acft dropped to the rwy from an alt of aprx 10 ft AGL. Reported winds at the time of the accident were from 240 degs at 15 KTS gusting to 23 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8521X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P17257121
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S.R. Latchaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2A1 · Jamestown, TN
- Destination
- AID · Anderson, IN
- Airport
- AID · Anderson, runway 18, 3,400 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 35 in this make and model · 518 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AID
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.