- Date
- February 4, 1987, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62503Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870204001649A
- Case key
- 13726
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While executing a touch & go landing, the plt reports that during the takeoff phase she was slightly left and tried to correct to the right when the left wheel caught in snow and the acft pulled off the rwy to the left. The acft flipped over and came to rest inverted about 10 feet left of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62503
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275285
- Airframe hours
- 1,476
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Back Forty Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1986 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- FWA · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Destination
- FWA
- Airport
- 03C · Huntington Municipal, runway 27, 3,700 × 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 18 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 15 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.