- Date
- March 8, 1988, 12:36 local (20:36 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8216ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880308027969A
- Case key
- 25956
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure flight, while on short final over the landing threshold, the left wing suddenly lifted. The pilot lost control of the aircraft which collided with the terrain and nosed over. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8216E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272154
- Airframe hours
- 3,053
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Modesto Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Vander Schoor, Paul G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1987 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Destination
- 022 · Columbia, CA
- Airport
- 022 · Columbia, runway 17, 4,060 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 53 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 35 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.