- Date
- February 14, 1988, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5499KCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880214002449A
- Case key
- 14044
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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
Airplane nosed over in soft snow during a crosswind landing attempt. The PIC tried to recover from a loss of directional control by attempting to roll out on snow covered sod after hopping over a snowbank that was next to the runway landing surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5499K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274164
- Airframe hours
- 2,912
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bowman Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Bowman Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1987 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- SMD
- Airport
- SMD · Smith Field, runway 23, 3,110 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 9 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 9 °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.
Other investigations on N5499K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.