- Date
- March 25, 1984, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fitchburg, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1474UCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840325009079A
- Case key
- 35522
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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
During a touch-&-go landing, the student plt lost directional control. The acft landed slightly sideways on the right main gear & the right wing tip hit the ground. The right wing, prop, eng mount & nose gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1474U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267141
- Airframe hours
- 1,470
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilson Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Destination
- FIT · Fitchburg, MA
- Airport
- FIT · Fitchburg, runway 32, 4,500 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 8 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.