- Date
- October 29, 1989, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1316UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891029043759A
- Case key
- 14588
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent selection of unsuitable terrain (taxiway/construction area). The steel marker poles contributed to the aircraft damage.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt intended to land on the newly extended rwy (rwy 27). The wind was rprtd to be from 190 deg at 12 KTS. As the plt was making a left turn to final apch, he overshot the turn due to the x-wind & inadvertently aligned the acft with the taxiway (twy), which was under construction to be lengthened also. As the plt was flaring to land, he realized he was aligned with the taxiway. At about that time, the acft encountered a gust & touched down. The plt elected to continue the landing. Drg the landing, the acft struck a series of steel marker poles (12 to 24 inches high), which resulted in acft damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1316U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267005
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Associated Air Activity
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Muni, runway 27, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 61 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.