# NTSB CHI87LA084: Cessna 172, N8896B, Charlevoix, MI, February 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Charlevoix, MI
- Coordinates: 45.310794, -85.249443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3108&lon=-85.2494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA084

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL BUCKLED AFTER STRIKING A SNOWBANK AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. PILOT REPORTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE NOSE WHEEL ALTHOUGH INSPECTION OF THE NOSE WHEEL AFTER THE ACCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL ANY MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8896B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8896B), registered now, S/N 36596, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36596
- Airframe hours: 2721
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charlevoix Soaring Club, Inc.
- Registered owner: Charlevoix Soaring Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1987, 42 hours before
- Departed: Y94, EAST JORDAN, MI
- Destination: CVX
- Airport: CVX, Charlevoix Muni., runway 8, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 212 total, 42 in this make and model, 173 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 9 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PLN, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870214002809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870214002809A), Feb 14, 1987: Cessna 172, Charlevoix, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered on landing and nosed over when it struck a snowbank. No mechanical malfunctions 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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