# NTSB DEN87LA071: Cessna 172H, N1725F, Larimore, ND, March 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1987, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Larimore, ND
- Coordinates: 47.89986, -97.619735 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8999&lon=-97.6197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA071

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING STOP AND GO LANDINGS AT AN ARPT NEAR HIS HOME. HIS PASSENGER WAS A RATED PLT. ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A SNOW BANK AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1725F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1725F), registered now, S/N 17255120, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17255120
- Airframe hours: 4356
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eugene A. Rohl
- Registered owner: Eugene A Rohl
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 21, 1986
- Airport: ND31, Larimore, runway 30, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, expired; flight hours: 231 total, 56 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GFK, 20 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 19870323007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870323007309A), Mar 23, 1987: Cessna STC172, Larimore, ND, Substantial damage. Practicing touch and go landings PIC allowed plane to veer to the right side of the runway and acft nosed over.

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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