- Date
- January 28, 1984, 19:30 local (Jan 29, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9508BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840128001739A
- Case key
- 35496
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Proper alignment - not identifiedCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Remedial action - delayedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not correctedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft struck a snowbank during a night landing. The CFI stated everything was normal until flareout when the acft began to settle. After striking the snowbank the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9508B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0842
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- York Aero Flying Service
- Registered owner
- York Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- PKB · Parkersburg, VA
- Destination
- N71 · Maytown, PA
- Airport
- N71 · Mt. Joy, runway 27, 2,358 × 40 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,073 total · 28 in this make and model · 925 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CXY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.