- Date
- November 25, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7737UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125058919A
- Case key
- 33597
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On his fourth touch and go landing the pilot added power for the go-around and the aircraft drifted off the left side of the runway. The left main gear hit a snowbank and the aircraft flipped over landing upside down in the snow. The winds at macon city, IA fss as 140 degrees at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7737U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251737
- Airframe hours
- 4,793
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hampton Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- HPT · Hampton Municipal, runway 17, 3,505 × 75 ft
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 24 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.
Other investigations on N7737U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.