- Date
- June 2, 1984, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- West Seneca, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97137Cessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840602022039A
- Case key
- 35669
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Inexperienced FBO personnel changed rwy resulting in downwind landings. PIC accepted change though aware of wind. Acft drifted left during flare, touchdown and initial roll. The acft continued off the left side of the rwy and continued into an area of mud where it subsequently nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97137
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76159
- Airframe hours
- 149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-230-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air-Spec., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1984 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- Binghamton, NY
- Destination
- Buffalo, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 9GO · Buffalo Airpark, runway 24, 2,665 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 20 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.