- Date
- March 16, 1987, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Muncie, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7757UCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870316007449A
- Case key
- 13744
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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
According to the plt, he contacted the mie tower about 20 miles north of Muncie, Indiana and received a weather briefing with a choice of rwy 14 or 02. The plt stated that the winds were reported as 12 knots from 080, and he chose to land on rwy 14. According to the plt, he used a slipping apch and landed the acft. The plt stated that he then neutralized the ailerons and 'a gust of wind must have then caught me.' According to the plt, the left wing raised and the acft veered off the right side of the rwy. The plt stated that he then attempted a go-around, however he discontinued the attempt when he heard the prop striking the rwy. According to the plt, he then shut down the engine as the acft approached a ditch at aprx 10-15 mph. The plt stated that the wheels stuck in the mud and that acft did a very slow 'nose-over.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257757
- Airframe hours
- 5,050
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- High Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1986
- Departed
- SMD · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Airport
- MIE · Delaware County, runway 14, 6,499 × 150 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 116 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.