- Date
- March 20, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sebewaing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66717Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880320005999A
- Case key
- 14056
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that when he landed, the acft bounced twice & went straight forward for about 200 ft. when he applied brakes, the acft veered to the left. Subsequently, the acft went off the runway & into a ditch where the nose gear collapsed. The plt believed the left brake locked up when he applied brakes, but no brake failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66717
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275991
- Airframe hours
- 1,184
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emu Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Huron Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- YIP · Detroit, MI
- Airport
- 98G · Sebewaing, runway 36, 2,178 × 50 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
- 1,226 total · 43 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 27 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N66717 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.