- Date
- June 12, 1987, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Prairie Duchien, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4691GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870612020229A
- Case key
- 13775
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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
While in cruise flight, tape which was holding a piece of plexiglass over the cracked windshield came loose. The windshield lifted up and the pilot was not able to maintain altitude. During the forced landing in a soft field. The nose gear sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4691G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273317
- Airframe hours
- 1,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leaders Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1987 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
- Destination
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSE, 52 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.
Other investigations on N4691G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.