- Date
- July 26, 1987, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Custer, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2346UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17279
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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 plt and his plt-rated pax were landing on rwy 7 (4700 ft x 50 ft) at Custer county arpt (5602 ft MSL), Custer, SD. The plt estimated the winds to be from 180 deg at 15 KTS. Another plt at the arpt estimated the winds to be out of the se at 20 to 25 KTS all that day. The plt said he touched down on the rwy and the x-wind blew him to the left. The plt told FAA officials that as he started to flare for landing, the acft started drifting to the left. After the acft touched down, it departed the left side of the rwy and collided with a rock pile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2346U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249946
- Airframe hours
- 2,309
- Engine
- Continental O-300 SER, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Christonson Farms, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lauren Christonson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- SD14 · Draper, SD
- Airport
- SD01 · Custer County, runway 7, 4,700 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 220 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F