- Date
- January 24, 1988, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75716Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880124001369A
- Case key
- 14035
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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of recent experience in type operationFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbank
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75716
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67897
- Airframe hours
- 2,501
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fond Du Lac Skyport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1988
- Airport
- FLD · Skyport, runway 27, 3,600 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.