- Date
- September 16, 1988, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97890Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880916041399A
- Case key
- 17542
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reported that he was making touch and go landings. During landing roll the crosswind lifted the right wing and caused the acft to drift to the left. The student plt said he attempted to correct the drift, to no avail. The left main wheel departed the rnwy, entered soft, muddy terrain and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97890
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276238
- Airframe hours
- 3,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Emery Aviation College
- Registered owner
- Debalco Enterprises, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- GXY
- Destination
- GXY
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley/Weld County, runway 9, 7,035 × 75 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N97890 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.