# NTSB CHI88LA065: Cessna 172F, N8863U, Brighton, MI, February 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Brighton, MI
- Location: 42.5700° N, 83.7785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIGHTON (45G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-83.7785&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8863U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8863U), registered now, S/N 17252778, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17252778
- Airframe hours: 1556
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard C. Nordrum
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 10, 1987, 2 hours before
- Departed: Y47, NEW HUDSON, MI
- Airport: 45G, Brighton Field, runway 4, 2,660 × 24 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 119 total, 57 in this make and model, 50 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point -0 °F

## Other investigations on N8863U (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 LAX66D0368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0368), May 29, 1966: Cessna 172 (N8863U), Apple Valley, CA, destroyed

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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