# NTSB MKC84LA030: Cessna 172, N7737U, Hampton, IA, November 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Hampton, IA
- Coordinates: 42.739158, -93.200088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7392&lon=-93.2001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33597/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA030

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7737U), registered now, S/N 17251737, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17251737
- Airframe hours: 4793
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831125058919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831125058919A), Nov 25, 1983: Cessna 172E, Hampton, IA, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during touch and go landing and flipped inverted in snowbank.

## Other investigations on N7737U (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC66F0180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0180), Jul 26, 1965: Cessna 172 (N7737U), So St Paul, MN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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