- Date
- January 16, 1988, 14:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7895GCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880116008299A
- Case key
- 14033
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of recent experienceCause
Inadequate recurrent trainingCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7895G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 59595
- Airframe hours
- 3,307
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1987
- Airport
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, runway 17, 2,600 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 40 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STC, 30 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 N7895G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.