# NTSB CHI88LA062: Cessna 172, N5499K, Ft. Wayne, IN, February 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1988, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Wayne, IN
- Coordinates: 41.150203, -85.129837 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1502&lon=-85.1298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA062

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5499K-2013-01-30), registration cancelled 2013-01-30, S/N 17274164, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274164
- Airframe hours: 2912
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880214002449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880214002449A), Feb 14, 1988: Cessna 172P, Fort Wayne, IN, Substantial damage. Drifted into snowbank on runway edge during flare hit a snowbank and nosed over. Crosswind component was exceeded.

## Other investigations on N5499K (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI91FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91FA011), Oct 16, 1990: Cessna 172P (N5499K), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALLING SPEED. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT ARE PREMATURE ROTATION AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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