- Date
- March 6, 1993, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20043Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930306009279A
- Case key
- 15681
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure 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 airplane bounced several times on landing, and each successive touchdown was further right of centerline. The right main gear entered snow off the runway edge, and the airplane rolled off the runway and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20043
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260956
- Airframe hours
- 4,030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pontiac Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Pontiac Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1993 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Airport
- D98 · Romeo Airport, runway 33, 4,795 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 5 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTC, 13 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.
Other investigations on N20043 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.