- Date
- January 13, 1986, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fargo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51238Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860113000639A
- Case key
- 16913
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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.
Analysis
The acft contacted a snowbank following a loss of directional control during landing. This was the plt's first landing on his second solo flt. Previous to this landing, the student had been practicing landing on rwy 17 with his CFI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51238
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274287
- Airframe hours
- 1,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald M. Whaley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 14, 1985
- Airport
- FAR · Hector Field, runway 17, 9,546 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.