- Date
- January 16, 1988, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jenison, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N62877Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880116000739A
- Case key
- 14032
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The low total time pilot took off in crosswind conditions for a proficiency flight and during a go around lost directional control and struck a snow bank along the downwind side of the runay.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62877
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75347
- Airframe hours
- 3,037
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dave
- Registered owner
- Henry Boersma
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- 08C · Riverview, runway 14, 3,860 × 46 ft, asphalt
N62877Registration cancelled Mar 22, 2004 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 14 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.