- Date
- January 22, 1988, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Duchesne, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4897GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880122001179A
- Case key
- 17441
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was performing a cross country training flight. At his first stop, during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing, the aircraft swerved to the left and struck a three foot snow bank on the left side of the runway. The plt reported that the winds were calm and the runway was snow-packed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4897G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273444
- Airframe hours
- 3,632
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Colorado Northwestern Comm Col
- Registered owner
- Colorado Nw Comm College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- 4VO · Rangely, CO
- Destination
- 74V · Roosevelt, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U69 · Duchesne, runway 34, 5,800 × 60 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.