- Date
- August 17, 1989, 09:36 local (14:36 UTC)
- Place
- Superior, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98584Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14274
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.
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 of the accident airplane failed to maintain directional control and drifted off the right side of the asphalt runway while doing touch and go's. the pilot attempted a go-around from the sod adjcent to the runway. While the airplane was accelerating, it collided with a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98584
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17216316
- Airframe hours
- 1,439
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- SUW · Richard I. Bong, runway 13, 4,000 × 75 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 410 total · 334 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg