- Date
- July 23, 1989, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97984Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890723024829A
- Case key
- 34835
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Probable cause
Aircraft control was not maintained by the pilot in command due to improper use of the aircraft flight controls.
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
After a personal cross country flight, the plt attempted to land, with variable surface winds of 5 to 10 knots. The plt lost directional control of the acft and veered off the runway, on to the sandy border, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97984
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Whitney, Thomas E.
- Registered owner
- Anoka Flight Training
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANE · Anoka, MN
- Airport
- D36 · Sky Harbor, runway 14, 3,051 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 11 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 6 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 N97984 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.