- Date
- November 15, 1988, 09:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Samaria, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86ERCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881115050719A
- Case key
- 14312
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system,magneto - wornCause
Ignition system,magneto - erraticCause
Engine assembly,cylinder - low compressionFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Precautionary landing - performed
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-76027
- Airframe hours
- 4,853
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lambert Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1988 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- 5G9 · Lambertville, MI
- Destination
- D92 · Monroe, MI
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 578 total · 447 in this make and model · 483 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 12 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.