# NTSB DEN84LA068: Cessna 172, N64253, Custer, SD, January 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1984, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Custer, SD
- Coordinates: 43.759246, -103.599243 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7592&lon=-103.5992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA068

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BERM DURING LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE PLT SAID THEY WERE HIT BY A WIND SHEAR CROSSWIND FROM A VALLEY 90 DEGREES TO THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64253](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64253-1984-10-25), registration cancelled 1984-10-25, S/N 17265126 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265126
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Manhattan Flying Tigers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 29, 1983
- Destination: BZN, BOZEMAN, MT
- Airport: SD01, Custer County, runway 25, 4,500 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 80 total, 54 in this make and model, 41 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAP, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840109000439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840109000439A), Jan 9, 1984: Cessna 172M, Custer, SD, Substantial damage. Pilot landed in crosswind that exceeded aircraft's crosswind limitations. Aircraft flipped in snow.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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