- Date
- May 16, 1987, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N97193Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870516013699A
- Case key
- 13767
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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 object
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Analysis
During an attempted go-around, the right wing struck a tree, the left wing then contacted a building and the aircraft impacted in a freshly plowed field. Witnesses report the aircraft was high and fast and drifting to the right of runway centerline. Also according to the witnesses, the pilot had made two or three attempts to land prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97193
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276164
- Airframe hours
- 2,155
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Associated Air Activities, Inc
- Registered owner
- Associated Air Activities, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 13, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 1C1 · Paxton, IL
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Municipal, runway 27, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 6 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.