- Date
- October 9, 1982, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63715Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821009052099A
- Case key
- 71791
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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
Reportedly, the pilot made his landing approach too high and too fast. After rolling an undetermined distance, he elected to go-around. According to the passenger, the pilot had started a climb when he banked the aircraft and retracted the flaps. Reportedly, the aircraft then settled, touched down on the wing tip, and subsequently the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63715
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-75473
- Airframe hours
- 186
- Engine
- Lycoming O-325-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- International Titanium Corp.
- Registered owner
- International Titanium Corp.
- Departed
- AGC · Pittsburg, PA
- Destination
- PA41 · Bernville, PA
- Airport
- G07 · Mt. Pleasant/Scottdale, runway 14, 2,100 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 154 in this make and model · 67 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.