- Date
- March 25, 1988, 23:30 local (Mar 26, 1988, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73954Cessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880325006619A
- Case key
- 14057
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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
The pilot was landing on the 40 foot wide rnwy in a 10-12 knot x-wind. He stated he had little rnwy reference in the dark night due to a very faded rnwy centerline. The acft ran off the hard surface into the mud, ran into a depression in the soil and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73954
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267762
- Airframe hours
- 946
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Middleton Flight Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1988
- Departed
- C35 · Reedsburg, WI
- Airport
- C-29 · Morey, runway 13, 2,975 × 40 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 293 total · 131 in this make and model · 221 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.