- Date
- March 25, 1986, 15:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4863FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860325007599A
- Case key
- 25102
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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
Witnesses reported that they observed the plt make 2 approaches and landings prior to the accident. On the landing just before the accident, they observed an 'extremely hard landing on the nose gear.' They reported that the plt then taxied back to takeoff without stopping to examine the acft. On the next landing, just after touchdown, the nose gear 'started to shimmy.' The acft then veered off the runway & encountered a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4863F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273091
- Airframe hours
- 1,586
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boynton'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- John Tanti
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1985 · 41 hours before
- Airport
- 102 · Lampson, runway 28, 3,450 × 40 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 3 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 16 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.