- Date
- January 28, 1985, 13:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4852GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850128027259A
- Case key
- 24643
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Analysis
The 50 year old private pilot, with a total of 158 flight hours, said the landing was made on the right half of the 150 ft wide rwy. As he attempted to steer to the middle of the rwy the acft skidded off the left side of the rwy and contacted a snow bank aprx 3000 ft from the apch end oc the rwy. A weather observation taken immediately after the accident recorded wind from 190 degs at 13 KTS. The plt reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4852G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273399
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Star Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon, runway 21, 8,999 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 158 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.